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Civil Statutes), is repealed.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