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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allowing an independent school district to change the |
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length of trustees' terms. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.059, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) Not later than December 31, 2007, the board of trustees |
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may adopt a resolution changing the length of the terms of its |
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trustees. The resolution must provide for a term of either three or |
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four years and specify the manner in which the transition from the |
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length of the former term to the modified term is made. The |
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transition must begin with the first regular election for trustees |
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that occurs after January 1, 2008, and a trustee who serves on that |
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date shall serve the remainder of that term. This subsection |
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expires January 1, 2013. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |