Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers, the official text

H.B. No. 3546

AN ACT

relating to the authority of an independent school district to

change the date of the general election for officers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 11.059(e), Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(e) Not later than December 31, 2030 [2023], the board of

trustees may adopt a resolution changing the length of the terms of

its trustees until the date the November election is canvassed. The

resolution must provide for staggered terms of either three or four

years and specify the manner in which the transition from the length

of the former term to the modified term is made. The transition

must begin with the first regular election for trustees that occurs

after the board adopts the resolution, and a trustee who serves on

the date the resolution is adopted shall serve the remainder of that

term. This subsection expires January 1, 2036.

SECTION 2. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (a-1), as added by Chapter 985 (S.B. 2620),

Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, and adding

Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a municipality[,

independent school district,] or hospital district wholly or partly

located in a county with a population of more than 19,900 and less

than 20,000 that holds its general election for officers on a date

other than the November uniform election date may change the date on

which it holds its general election for officers to the November

uniform election date.

(f) The governing body of an independent school district

that holds its general election for officers on a date other than

the November uniform election date may change the date on which it

holds its general election for officers to the November uniform

election date.

SECTION 3. The following provisions are repealed:

(1) Sections 11.059(f) and (g), Education Code; and

(2) Section 41.0052(a-1), Election Code, as added by

Chapter 1160 (S.B. 1131), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular

Session, 2023.

SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails

over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,

relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted

codes.

SECTION 5. 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.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3546 was passed by the House on May 7,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not

voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3546 was passed by the Senate on May

28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor