Tex. Educ. Code § 130.017 · Subchapter B. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CITY JUNIOR COLLEGE
PETITION AND ELECTION TO DIVEST SCHOOL BOARD OF AUTHORITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On a petition signed by 10 percent of the qualified electors of the independent school district or city school district, the board of trustees within 30 days shall call an election after the petition has been duly presented on the proposition of whether the school board of trustees shall be divested of its authority as governing board of such junior college district.
(b) At the election called under Subsection (a) of this section, the board of trustees shall also include a separate proposition on whether the junior college district may levy ad valorem taxes.
(c) The board of trustees shall, within 30 days after the official canvass of the election, appoint for the junior college district a separate board of trustees as provided by this code to serve as the governing board of the junior college district if the majority of the votes in the election under this section are cast in favor of both propositions. If a majority of the votes in the election are cast against either proposition, the board may not divest its authority as the governing board of the junior college district unless both propositions are approved at a subsequent election. A subsequent election on the propositions may not be held before the first anniversary of the election date.
(d) The separate governing board of the junior college district may levy and collect taxes in accordance with Subchapter G of this chapter at the approved rate without an additional election.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 2997, ch. 889, Sec. 1. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.017 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3284, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 284, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Educ. Code § 130.017. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 130.016SEPARATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN CERTAIN INSTANCES.Printed as Section 130.017
- Tex. Educ. Code § 130.018SEPARATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES--TERMS, ETC.Printed as Section 130.017
- Tex. Educ. Code § 130.019SEPARATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES; AD VALOREM TAXES.Printed as Section 130.017
- Tex. Educ. Code § 130.088BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CERTAIN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS.Printed as Section 130.016 or 130.017
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