Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1	85R26192 SRS-D
2	2	By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1152
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1152:
4	4	By: Koop C.S.H.B. No. 1152
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to a referendum requirement before the name of a school
10	10	district or district campus located in certain counties may be
11	11	changed by the district board of trustees.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. The heading to Section 11.160, Education Code,
14	14	is amended to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 11.160. AUTHORITY TO CHANGE NAME OF SCHOOL DISTRICT
16	16	GENERALLY [NAME].
17	17	SECTION 2. Section 11.160(a), Education Code, is amended to
18	18	read as follows:
19	19	(a) The board of trustees of an independent school district,
20	20	other than a school district subject to Section 11.1601, by
21	21	resolution may change the name of the school district.
22	22	SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
23	23	amended by adding Section 11.1601 to read as follows:
24	24	Sec. 11.1601. AUTHORITY TO CHANGE NAME OF SCHOOL DISTRICT
25	25	OR DISTRICT CAMPUS LOCATED IN CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES. (a) The
26	26	board of trustees of an independent school district in a county with
27	27	a population of 3.3 million or more and with a student enrollment of
28	28	more than 200,000 may not change the name of a school district or a
29	29	district campus before the district conducts a referendum election
30	30	on the issue of whether the name of the district should be changed
31	31	or on the issue of whether the name of a district campus should be
32	32	changed and:
33	33	(1) if the referendum is on the issue of changing the
34	34	district's name, a majority of the voters voting in the election
35	35	approve the change in name of the district; or
36	36	(2) if the referendum is on the issue of changing the
37	37	name of a district campus, a majority of the voters voting in the
38	38	election approve the change in name of the district campus.
39	39	(b) A referendum described by Subsection (a) may be placed
40	40	on the ballot at any type of district election, including an
41	41	election of district trustees, a bond election, or a special
42	42	election.
43	43	(c) If a majority of the voters approve the change in name of
44	44	the district, the board by resolution may change the name of the
45	45	district.
46	46	(d) If a majority of the voters approve the change in name of
47	47	a district campus, the board by resolution may change the name of
48	48	the district campus.
49	49	(e) The board shall give notice of the change in name of the
50	50	district or a district campus by sending to the commissioner a copy
51	51	of the resolution under Subsection (c) or (d), as applicable,
52	52	attested by the president and secretary of the board, and a copy of
53	53	the election results.
54	54	(f) The district or the district campus, under the changed
55	55	name, is considered a continuation of the district or district
56	56	campus, as the district or district campus was formerly named, for
57	57	all purposes.
58	58	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
59	59	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
60	60	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
61	61	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
62	62	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.