TITLE: Relating to an election to authorize an increase in a school district superintendent's salary.

SUMMARY: Relating to an election to authorize an increase in a school district superintendent's salary.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to an election to authorize an increase in a school district superintendent's salary. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 21.416 to read as follows: Sec. 21.416. VOTER APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR SUPERINTENDENT SALARY INCREASE. (a) The board of trustees of a school district may not increase the salary of the district superintendent unless a majority of the voters in the district voting in an election approve the increase. (b) The board of trustees of a school district that proposes a salary increase for the district superintendent shall order that an appropriate proposition be placed on the ballot at the first regular election of trustees held after the date the board proposes the increase. The proposition must specify the amount of the proposed salary and the proposed percentage increase. SECTION 2. 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.