By: Campbell S.B. No. 2283
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2019; March 21, 2019, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 30, 2019,
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 30, 2019, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2283 By: Campbell
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of persons convicted of certain
offenses to serve as a member of a board of trustees of a school
district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.066, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 11.066. ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE BY TRUSTEE WHO IS
CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES OR WHO PLEADS GUILTY OR NOLO
CONTENDERE TO THOSE OFFENSES [OFFENSE]. A person is ineligible to
serve as a member of the board of trustees of a school district if
the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony or an offense under Section 43.02(b), Penal
Code.
SECTION 2. Section 11.066, Education Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a member of a board of trustees of a school
district who is elected or appointed on or after the effective date
of this Act. A member of a board of trustees of a school district
elected or appointed before the effective date of this Act
continues to serve for the term to which the member was elected or
appointed unless otherwise removed as provided by law.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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