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Amend CSSB 100 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS and by renumbering the existing SECTIONS as appropriate:
SECTION ____. Section 145.037(e), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
(e) The certification must be delivered not later than 5 p.m. of the 71st [70th] day before election day.
SECTION ____. Section 145.038(b), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The state chair must deliver the certification of the replacement nominee not later than 5 p.m. of the 69th [67th] day before election day.
SECTION ____. Section 11.059(e), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(e) Not later than December 31, 2011 [2007], the board of trustees may adopt a resolution changing the length of the terms of its trustees. The resolution must provide for a term of either three or four years and specify the manner in which the transition from the length of the former term to the modified term is made. The transition must begin with the first regular election for trustees that occurs after January 1, 2012 [2008], and a trustee who serves on that date shall serve the remainder of that term. This subsection expires January 1, 2017 [2013].
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 21.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.004. CHANGE OF LENGTH OF TERMS IN GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. (a) This section applies only to a general-law municipality whose governing body is composed of members that serve a term of one or three years.
(b) Not later than December 31, 2011, the governing body of the general-law municipality may adopt a resolution changing the length of the terms of its members to two years. The resolution must specify the manner in which the transition from the length of the former term to the modified term is made. The transition must begin with the first regular election for members of the governing body that occurs after January 1, 2012, and a member who serves on that date shall serve the remainder of that term.
(c) This section expires January 1, 2015.
SECTION ____. (a) This section applies only to a political subdivision that elects the members of its governing body to a term that consists of an odd number of years.
(b) Not later than December 31, 2011, the governing body of the political subdivision may adopt a resolution changing the length of the terms of its members to an even number of years. The resolution must specify the manner in which the transition from the length of the former term to the modified term is made. The transition must begin with the first regular election for members of the governing body that occurs after January 1, 2012, and a member who serves on that date shall serve the remainder of that term.
(c) This section expires January 1, 2020.