HBA-NLM H.B. 1226 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1226
By: Jones, Jesse
Public Education
3/5/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, members of a school board are required to select a president,
secretary, and all other officers and committees the board considers
necessary at the first meeting after each election and qualification of
trustees. H.B. 1226 requires a school board to elect officers of the board
not more frequently than annually.  This bill provides that if an office
becomes vacant the board is authorized to select a trustee to fill the
vacancy. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 11.061, Education Code, by amending Subsection
(c) and by adding Subsection (e), as follows: 

(c)  Includes an exception provided by Subsection (e). Requires the members
to organize according to the provisions of this subsection not more
frequently than annually, rather than at the first meeting after each
election and qualification of trustees.  

(e)  Authorizes the trustees to select a trustee at any time to serve as an
officer if that office becomes vacant and to select any committees the
trustees consider necessary. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Provides that Section 11.061(c), Education Code, as amended by
this Act, does not prohibit a board of trustees from organizing and
electing new officers on or after the effective date of the Act, regardless
of the date on which the trustees previously selected officers.  Provides
that on the first date on or after the effective date of this Act that
trustees select the officers, the trustees become subject to Section
11.061(c), Education Code, as amended by this Act, and are prohibited from
selecting new officers for one year, except as provided by Section
11.061(e), Education Code, as amended by this Act. 

SECTION 4.  Emergency clause.