HB3546 - Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers.

      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  The following provisions are repealed:                (1)  Sections 11.059(f) and (g), Education Code; and                (2)  Section 41.0052(a-1), Election Code, as added by   Chapter 1160 (S.B.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