Texas § ED.130.0826 - OPTION TO CONTINUE IN OFFICE FOLLOWING REDISTRICTING
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§ ED.130.0826. OPTION TO CONTINUE IN OFFICE FOLLOWING REDISTRICTING
OPTION TO CONTINUE IN OFFICE FOLLOWING REDISTRICTING. (a) The board of trustees of any junior college district that elects some or all of its members from single-member districts and in which the trustees serve staggered terms may provide for the trustees in office at the first election after the junior college district is redistricted to serve for the remainder of their terms in accordance with this section. (b) If the board of trustees provides for the trustees in office to serve for the remainder of their terms in accordance with this section, the trustee districts established by the redistricting plan shall be filled as the staggered terms of trustees in office expire. When the board of trustees adopts a redistricting plan, the board shall determine from which new trustee district the position of each trustee in office will be filled as it becomes vacant. (c) This section does not authorize a trustee of a junior college district to continue in office after a redistricting plan takes effect if the member no longer resides in the district from which the trustee was elected. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 89, Sec. 3, eff. May 11, 2001. For contingent expiration of this section, see Subsection (e).
Source: official Texas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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