S.B. No. 729
AN ACT
relating to a joint election for trustees of an independent school
district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 11.0581, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) An election for trustees of an independent school
district shall be held on the same date as:
(1) the election for the members of the governing body
of a municipality located in the school district;
(2) the general election for state and county
officers; [or]
(3) the election for the members of the governing body
of a hospital district, if the school district:
(A) is wholly or partly located in a county with a
population of less than 30,000 that is adjacent to a county with a
population of more than three million; and
(B) held its election for trustees jointly with
the election for the members of the governing body of the hospital
district before May 2007; or
(4) the election for the members of the governing
board of a public junior college district in which the school
district is wholly or partly located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 729 passed the Senate on
April 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 729 passed the House on
April 26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor