Bill Text: TX HB1152 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a referendum requirement before the name of a school district or district campus located in certain counties may be changed by the district board of trustees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1152 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1152-Comm_Sub.html
85R26192 SRS-D | |||
By: Davis of Harris | H.B. No. 1152 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1152: | |||
By: Koop | C.S.H.B. No. 1152 |
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relating to a referendum requirement before the name of a school | ||
district or district campus located in certain counties may be | ||
changed by the district board of trustees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 11.160, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.160. AUTHORITY TO CHANGE NAME OF SCHOOL DISTRICT | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 11.160(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The board of trustees of an independent school district, | ||
other than a school district subject to Section 11.1601, by | ||
resolution may change the name of the school district. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 11.1601 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.1601. AUTHORITY TO CHANGE NAME OF SCHOOL DISTRICT | ||
OR DISTRICT CAMPUS LOCATED IN CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES. (a) The | ||
board of trustees of an independent school district in a county with | ||
a population of 3.3 million or more and with a student enrollment of | ||
more than 200,000 may not change the name of a school district or a | ||
district campus before the district conducts a referendum election | ||
on the issue of whether the name of the district should be changed | ||
or on the issue of whether the name of a district campus should be | ||
changed and: | ||
(1) if the referendum is on the issue of changing the | ||
district's name, a majority of the voters voting in the election | ||
approve the change in name of the district; or | ||
(2) if the referendum is on the issue of changing the | ||
name of a district campus, a majority of the voters voting in the | ||
election approve the change in name of the district campus. | ||
(b) A referendum described by Subsection (a) may be placed | ||
on the ballot at any type of district election, including an | ||
election of district trustees, a bond election, or a special | ||
election. | ||
(c) If a majority of the voters approve the change in name of | ||
the district, the board by resolution may change the name of the | ||
district. | ||
(d) If a majority of the voters approve the change in name of | ||
a district campus, the board by resolution may change the name of | ||
the district campus. | ||
(e) The board shall give notice of the change in name of the | ||
district or a district campus by sending to the commissioner a copy | ||
of the resolution under Subsection (c) or (d), as applicable, | ||
attested by the president and secretary of the board, and a copy of | ||
the election results. | ||
(f) The district or the district campus, under the changed | ||
name, is considered a continuation of the district or district | ||
campus, as the district or district campus was formerly named, for | ||
all purposes. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |