TITLE: Relating to a joint election for trustees of an independent school district.

SUMMARY: Relating to a joint election for trustees of an independent school district.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a joint election for trustees of an independent school district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 11.0581, Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) An election for trustees of an independent school district shall be held on the same date as: (1) the election for the members of the governing body of a municipality located in the school district; (2) the general election for state and county officers; [or] (3) the election for the members of the governing body of a hospital district, if the school district: (A) is wholly or partly located in a county with a population of less than 30,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than three million; and (B) held its election for trustees jointly with the election for the members of the governing body of the hospital district before May 2007;or (4) the election for the members of the governing board of a public junior college district in which the school district is wholly or partly located.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.