88R10976 CXP-D
 
  By: Springer S.B. No. 1799
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a restriction on an employment contract entered into by
  the governing board of a junior college district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 130.0091 to read as follows:
         Sec. 130.0091.  RESTRICTION ON EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS.
  Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a junior
  college district may not enter into an employment contract for a
  term longer than one year.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an employment contract entered into on or after the effective
  date of this Act.  An employment contract entered into before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the agreement was entered into, and the former law is continued
  in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.