H.B. No. 961
AN ACT
relating to the election of junior college district trustees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.082, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d-1) and (g-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or Section
130.0827, each position on the board of trustees shall be filled by
election in accordance with this section.
(g-1) The board by resolution may provide, not later than
the 180th day before the date of an election, that a candidate must
receive a plurality of the votes cast for a position to be filled at
the election under Subsection (g). A resolution adopted under this
subsection is effective for subsequent elections until rescinded by
a subsequent resolution adopted not later than the 180th day before
the date of the first election to which the rescission applies.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 961 was passed by the House on May 8,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 17, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 961 on May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 26,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 961 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays
3.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor