83R3247 CAS-D
By: Keffer H.B. No. 2016
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the receipt or consideration of a petition requesting
detachment and annexation by the board of trustees of a school
district consolidating under a local consolidation agreement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 13, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 13.160 to read as follows:
Sec. 13.160. RECEIPT OR CONSIDERATION OF PETITION
REQUESTING DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION BY DISTRICT CONSOLIDATING
UNDER LOCAL CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT. Pending the effective date of
consolidation and the assumption of office by the initial board of
trustees of a school district consolidated under a local
consolidation agreement under Section 13.158, the board of trustees
of a district consolidating with one or more other districts under
the agreement may not receive or consider a petition requesting
detachment and annexation under Subchapter B without the consent of
a majority of the board of trustees of each district consolidating
under the agreement.
SECTION 2. Section 13.160, Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies only in the case of a local consolidation agreement
entered into by school districts on or after the effective date of
this Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.