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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards |
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of county school trustees, and offices of county school |
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superintendent. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) Each county board of education, board of |
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county school trustees, and office of county school superintendent |
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in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more is abolished |
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effective September 1, 2025. |
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(b) All assets, liabilities, and contracts of a board |
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abolished by this Act are transferred to the commissioners court of |
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the county in trust for the component school districts in the |
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county. The commissioners court shall, not later than September 1, |
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2026, distribute the assets remaining after discharge of the |
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board's liabilities to the component school districts in the county |
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in proportionate shares equal to the proportion that the membership |
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in each district bears to total membership in the county as of May |
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1, 2025. The commissioners court may liquidate board assets as |
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necessary to discharge board liabilities and facilitate the |
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distribution of assets. A person authorized by the board shall |
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execute any documents necessary to complete the transfer of assets, |
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liabilities, or contracts. |
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(c) The component school districts of a board abolished by |
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this Act shall collect and use any delinquent taxes imposed by the |
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board in the manner provided by rule of the commissioner of |
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education. |
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SECTION 2. Section 52.092(e), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) County offices shall be listed in the following order: |
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(1) county judge; |
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(2) judge, county court at law; |
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(3) judge, county criminal court; |
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(4) judge, county probate court; |
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(5) county attorney; |
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(6) district clerk; |
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(7) district and county clerk; |
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(8) county clerk; |
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(9) sheriff; |
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(10) sheriff and tax assessor-collector; |
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(11) county tax assessor-collector; |
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(12) county treasurer; |
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(13) [county school trustee (county with population of |
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3.3 million or more); |
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[(14)] county surveyor. |
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SECTION 3. Chapter 595 (H.B. 689), Acts of the 59th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1965 (Article 2676c, Vernon's Texas |
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Civil Statutes), is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |