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      H.B. No. 3629         AN ACT   relating to prohibiting a person required to register as a sex   offender from serving as a member of the board of trustees of an   independent school district.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 11.055, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:           (c)     An application for a place on the ballot as a candidate   for a position on the board of trustees of a school district must   include a statement that the candidate is aware that a person is not   eligible to serve as a trustee of an independent school district if   the person is required to register as a sex offender under Chapter   62, Code of Criminal Procedure.          SECTION 2.  Section 11.061, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:           (b-1)     A person is not eligible to serve as a trustee of an   independent school district if the person is required to register   as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by Section 11.061(b-1),   Education Code, as added by this Act, applies only to the   eligibility of a person to serve on the board of trustees of an   independent school district:                (1)  for a term that begins on or after the effective   date of this Act; or                (2)  to fill a vacancy that occurs on or after the   effective date of this Act.          SECTION 4.  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. 3629 was passed by the House on May   15, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 3 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 3629 was passed by the Senate on May   28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor