Bill Text: TX SB1048 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to an independent school district holding elections on the November uniform election date and to the ballot for certain independent school district elections.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-13 - Left pending in committee [SB1048 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1048-Engrossed.html
By: Fallon, et al. | S.B. No. 1048 |
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relating to an independent school district holding elections on the | ||
November uniform election date and to the ballot for certain | ||
independent school district elections. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.0581(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) An election for trustees of an independent school | ||
district shall be held on the November uniform election date [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 41.012, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 41.012. DATE OF ELECTIONS. An election under this | ||
chapter for voter approval of an agreement entered by the board of | ||
trustees shall be held on the November uniform election date [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 41.253(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The transitional board of trustees shall divide the | ||
consolidated district into nine single-member trustee districts in | ||
accordance with the procedures provided by Section 11.052. The | ||
transitional board shall order an election for the initial board of | ||
trustees to be held on the first November [ |
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date after the effective date of a consolidation order. | ||
SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 41.0051 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 41.0051. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION TO ISSUE | ||
BONDS. Notwithstanding any other law, an election for the issuance | ||
of bonds by an independent school district shall be held on the | ||
November uniform election date. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: | ||
(a-3) The governing body of an independent school district | ||
that holds its general election for officers on a date other than | ||
the November uniform election date shall, not later than December | ||
31, 2019, change the date on which it holds its general election for | ||
officers to the November uniform election date. This subsection | ||
expires January 1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 6. Subchapter D, Chapter 52, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 52.096 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 52.096. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICES AND | ||
PROPOSITIONS. Notwithstanding a conflicting provision of this | ||
code, for an election at which an office of or proposition for an | ||
independent school district appears on the ballot, an office of or | ||
proposition for an independent school district must be placed on | ||
the ballot before all other offices or propositions. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |