TITLE: Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 11.059(e), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) Not later than December 31, 2030 [2023],the board of trustees may adopt a resolution changing the length of the terms of its trustees until the date the November election is canvassed.The resolution must provide for staggered terms 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 the board adopts the resolution, and a trustee who serves on the date the resolution is adopted shall serve the remainder of that term. This subsection expires January 1, 2036. SECTION 2. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a-1), as added by Chapter 985 (S.B. 2620), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, and adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a municipality [ independent school district] or hospital district wholly or partly located in a county with a population of more than 19,900 and less than 20,000 that holds its general election for officers on a date other than the November uniform election date may change the date on which it holds its general election for officers to the November uniform election date. (f) 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 may change the date on which it holds its general election for officers to the November uniform election date. SECTION 3. The following provisions are repealed: (1) Sections 11.059(f) and (g), Education Code; and (2) Section 41.0052(a-1), Election Code, as added by Chapter 1160 (S.B. 1131), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023. SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes. SECTION 5. 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.