Texas Education Code - Section 11.057. Determination Of Results; Optional Majority Vote Requirement
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§ 11.057. DETERMINATION OF RESULTS; OPTIONAL MAJORITY
VOTE REQUIREMENT. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), in an
independent school district in which the positions of trustees are
designated by number as provided by Section 11.058 or in which the
trustees are elected from single-member trustee districts as
provided by Section 11.052, the candidate receiving the highest
number of votes for each respective position voted on is elected.
(b) In a district in which the positions of trustees are not
designated by number or in which the trustees are not elected from
single-member trustee districts, the candidates receiving the
highest number of votes shall fill the positions the terms of which
are normally expiring.
(c) The board of trustees of an independent school district
in which the positions of trustees are designated by number or in
which the trustees are elected from single-member trustee districts
as provided by Section 11.052 may provide by resolution, not later
than the 180th day before the date of an election, that a candidate
must receive a majority of the votes cast for a position or in a
trustee district, as applicable, to be elected. A resolution
adopted under this subsection is effective until rescinded by a
subsequent resolution adopted not later than the 180th day before
the date of the first election to which the rescission applies.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 522, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1999.
Section: 11.011 11.051 11.052 11.053 11.054 11.055 11.056 11.057 11.058 11.0581 11.059 11.060 11.061 11.062 11.063
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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