Texas Education Code - Section 11.058. Election By Position
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§ 11.058. ELECTION BY POSITION. (a) The designation of
the positions of trustees by number is or may be required only as
specified by this section.
(b) The positions on the board of trustees shall be
designated by number in any independent school district in which
the procedure of designating and electing the trustees by number
has been authorized and instituted whether under general or special
law and whether by resolution of the trustees or by operation of
law.
(c) The positions on the board of trustees shall be
designated by number in any independent school district in which
the board of trustees by resolution orders that all candidates for
trustee be voted on and elected separately for positions on the
board of trustees and that all candidates be designated on the
official ballot according to the number of the positions for which
they seek election.
(d) The resolution of the board of trustees must be made not
later than the 60th day before the date of any trustee election for
this section to apply.
(e) The board shall also, not later than the 60th day before
the date of the election, number the positions on the board in the
order in which the terms of office of the trustees expire.
(f) Once the board of trustees of an independent school
district has ordered the election of trustees by numbered positions
under this section, neither the board of trustees nor their
successors may rescind the action.
(g) Ballots for an election to which this section applies
must clearly show the position for which each person is a candidate.
The board of trustees shall arrange by lot the names of the
candidates for each position.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Section: 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 11.064
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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