84R10533 JRJ-D
By: Riddle H.B. No. 3441
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the date of the election for trustees of an independent
school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.0581(a), 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 the date of the general primary election[;
[(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 40,000 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. Sections 11.059(a) and (e), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) A trustee of an independent school district serves a
term of [three or] four years.
(e) Not later than December 31, 2015 [2011], the board of
trustees may adopt a resolution changing the length of the terms of
its trustees. The resolution must provide for staggered terms of
[either three or] four years and specify the manner in which the
transition from the length of the former term to the modified term
is made. The transition must begin with the first regular election
for trustees that occurs after January 1, 2016 [2012], and a trustee
who serves on that date shall serve the remainder of that
term. This subsection expires January 1, 2021 [2017].
SECTION 3. The heading to Section 41.0052, Election Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 41.0052. [CHANGING] GENERAL ELECTION DATE OF POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OTHER THAN COUNTY.
SECTION 4. Sections 41.0052(a) and (e), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The governing body of a political subdivision, other
than a county, that holds its general election for officers on a
date other than the November uniform election date or the date of
the general primary election shall [may], not later than December
31, 2016 [2012], change the date on which it holds its general
election for officers to the November uniform election date or the
date of the general primary election.
(e) The governing body of a newly incorporated city may, not
later than the second anniversary of the date of incorporation,
change the date on which it holds its general election for officers
to another authorized [uniform] election date.
SECTION 5. Section 11.059(b), Education Code, and Section
41.005, Election Code, are repealed.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.