S.B. No. 2283
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 CONVICTED
OF CERTAIN 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 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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2283 passed the Senate on
May 7, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2019, by the
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2283 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140,
Nays 3, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor