| 1 | 1 | | 89R4822 MEW-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cain H.B. No. 1961 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards |
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| 10 | 10 | | of county school trustees, and offices of county school |
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| 11 | 11 | | superintendent. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. (a) Each county board of education, board of |
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| 14 | 14 | | county school trustees, and office of county school superintendent |
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| 15 | 15 | | in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more is abolished |
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| 16 | 16 | | effective September 1, 2025. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) All assets, liabilities, and contracts of a board |
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| 18 | 18 | | abolished by this Act are transferred to the commissioners court of |
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| 19 | 19 | | the county in trust for the component school districts in the |
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| 20 | 20 | | county. The commissioners court shall, not later than September 1, |
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| 21 | 21 | | 2026, distribute the assets remaining after discharge of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | board's liabilities to the component school districts in the county |
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| 23 | 23 | | in proportionate shares equal to the proportion that the membership |
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| 24 | 24 | | in each district bears to total membership in the county as of May |
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| 25 | 25 | | 1, 2025. The commissioners court may liquidate board assets as |
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| 26 | 26 | | necessary to discharge board liabilities and facilitate the |
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| 27 | 27 | | distribution of assets. A person authorized by the board shall |
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| 28 | 28 | | execute any documents necessary to complete the transfer of assets, |
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| 29 | 29 | | liabilities, or contracts. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) The component school districts of a board abolished by |
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| 31 | 31 | | this Act shall collect and use any delinquent taxes imposed by the |
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| 32 | 32 | | board in the manner provided by rule of the commissioner of |
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| 33 | 33 | | education. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. Section 52.092(e), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 35 | 35 | | read as follows: |
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| 36 | 36 | | (e) County offices shall be listed in the following order: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) county judge; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) judge, county court at law; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) judge, county criminal court; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (4) judge, county probate court; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (5) county attorney; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (6) district clerk; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (7) district and county clerk; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (8) county clerk; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (9) sheriff; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (10) sheriff and tax assessor-collector; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (11) county tax assessor-collector; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (12) county treasurer; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (13) [county school trustee (county with population of |
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| 50 | 50 | | 3.3 million or more); |
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| 51 | 51 | | [(14)] county surveyor. |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 3. Chapter 595 (H.B. 689), Acts of the 59th |
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| 53 | 53 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 1965 (Article 2676c, Vernon's Texas |
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| 54 | 54 | | Civil Statutes), is repealed. |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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