85R11197 JRJ-D
By: King of Parker H.B. No. 2194
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the board of trustees of the Weatherford 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 130.0828 to read as follows:
Sec. 130.0828. ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES FOR WEATHERFORD JUNIOR
COLLEGE DISTRICT. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in addition
to the members of the board of trustees of the Weatherford 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 is located and that imposes a branch
campus maintenance tax under Section 130.253 shall appoint two
members to serve on the district's board of trustees.
(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, 2017.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a member 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, including by voting on any budget that affects
the entire district.
(d) A member of the board of trustees appointed under this
section:
(1) may not participate in the decision-making of the
board in matters related to:
(A) the imposition of a tax; or
(B) an issue that only affects a campus located
in the junior college district;
(2) is not counted for purposes of determining whether
a quorum of the board is present for the purpose of Subdivision (1);
and
(3) may not serve as an officer of the board of
trustees.
(e) Unless this section is continued in effect by the
legislature, this section expires on December 1, 2027.
SECTION 2. The commissioners court of each county to which
Section 130.0828, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies
shall appoint the initial members of the board of trustees of the
Weatherford Junior College District under that section not later
than November 30, 2017.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.