TITLE: Relating to the applicability of cumulative voting for the board of trustees of certain independent school districts.

SUMMARY: Relating to the applicability of cumulative voting for the board of trustees of certain independent school districts.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the applicability of cumulative voting for the board of trustees of certain independent school districts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 11.065, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) Section 11.054 does not apply to the board of trustees of the smallest school district located in a county located on the Texas-Mexico border that has a population greater than 700,000 and whose largest municipality has a population of less than 150,000. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to the election of a member of a board of trustees of an independent school district who is elected on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. 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.