Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3889 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/07/2019

                    86R11387 SRS-D
 By: Ramos H.B. No. 3889


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 11.052, Education Code, is amended by
 adding Subsection (b-3) and amending Subsection (d) to read as
 follows:
 (b-3)  Subsection (c) does not apply in the case of an order
 adopted under this subsection. The board of trustees of an
 independent school district located wholly or partly in a county
 with a population of more than two million but less than three
 million shall order that trustees of the district are to be elected
 from single-member trustee districts if the district, in October
 2017, had:
 (1)  a student enrollment of more than 50,000;
 (2)  a student enrollment of more than 35,000 but less
 than 40,000; or
 (3)  a student enrollment of more than 24,000 but less
 than 28,000.
 (d)  An order of the board adopted under Subsection (a), [or]
 (b), or (b-3) must be entered not later than the 120th day before
 the date of the first election at which all or some of the trustees
 are elected from single-member trustee districts authorized by the
 order.
 SECTION 2.  The board of trustees of a school district to
 which Section 11.052(b-3), Education Code, as added by this Act,
 applies shall adopt an order as required by that section not later
 than December 31, 2019.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2019.