Tex. Educ. Code § 13.153 · Subchapter D. CONSOLIDATION
ELECTION ORDER; NOTICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each board of trustees shall:
(1) issue an order for an election to be held on the same day in each district included in the proposed consolidated district; and
(2) give notice of the election.
(b) If no local consolidation agreement is submitted under Section 13.158, the ballot in the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Consolidation of (name of school districts) into a single school district."
(c) If a local consolidation agreement is submitted under Section 13.158, the ballot in the election shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Consolidation of (name of school districts) into a single school district under a local consolidation agreement."
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 201, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.13.htm
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