84R3046 KJE-D By: Rinaldi H.B. No. 1493 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to authorization for a school district board of trustees to adopt or remove term limits. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 11.0591 to read as follows: Sec. 11.0591. TERM LIMITS. The board of trustees of an independent school district by resolution may: (1) limit the number of terms that trustees may serve; or (2) remove a limit on the number of terms that trustees may serve. 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, 2015.