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89(R) HB 3546 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
H.B. No. 3546
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 The following provisions are repealed: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. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3546 was passed by the House on May 7,
2025, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3546 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor