87R5821 MLH-D
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 1288
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the date on which an election for trustees of certain
school districts must be held.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.0581, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), an [An] election
for trustees of an independent school district shall be held on the
same date as:
(1) the election for the members of the governing body
of a municipality located in the school district;
(2) the general election for state and county
officers;
(3) the election for the members of the governing body
of a hospital district, if the school district:
(A) is wholly or partly located in a county with a
population of less than 40,000 that is adjacent to a county with a
population of more than three million; and
(B) held its election for trustees jointly with
the election for the members of the governing body of the hospital
district before May 2007; or
(4) the election for the members of the governing
board of a public junior college district in which the school
district is wholly or partly located.
(a-1) An election for the board of trustees of an
independent school district with the largest student enrollment in
a county with a population of 550,000 or more that is adjacent to a
county with a population of 3.3 million or more shall be held on the
November uniform election date as a joint election under Chapter
271, Election Code, with any other election occurring on that date
in all or part of the same county.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.