H.B. No. 2621
AN ACT
relating to the board of trustees of the Blinn Junior College
District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 130, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 130.0827 to read as follows:
Sec. 130.0827. ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES FOR BLINN JUNIOR COLLEGE
DISTRICT. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in addition to the
members of the board of trustees of the Blinn Junior College
District elected or appointed under other provisions of this
subchapter, the commissioners court of each county in which a
branch campus of the district with a student enrollment greater
than 10,000 is located shall appoint two members to serve on the
district's board of trustees. If an advisory committee for a branch
campus has been previously established, the members must be
selected from the membership of the advisory committee.
(b) Members of the board of trustees appointed under this
section serve two-year terms and may be appointed to serve
successive terms. The commissioners court shall appoint initial
members to serve a term beginning December 1, 2015.
(c) Members of the board of trustees appointed under this
section may participate in the decision-making of the board to the
same extent as any other member of the board except that members of
the board appointed under this section by the commissioners court
of a county that is not located in the Blinn Junior College
District:
(1) may participate in the decision-making of the
board only in matters not related to the imposition of a tax or the
distribution of revenue raised from a tax;
(2) are counted for purposes of determining whether a
quorum of the board is present only for the purpose of Subdivision
(1); and
(3) may not serve as an officer of the board of
trustees.
(d) Unless this section is continued in effect by the
legislature, this section expires on December 1, 2019.
SECTION 2. The commissioners court of each county to which
Section 130.0827, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies
shall appoint the initial members of the board of trustees of the
Blinn Junior College District under that section not later than
December 31, 2015.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2621 was passed by the House on May 8,
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 4, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2621 on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 6,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2621 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays
5.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor