General Election Dates

Each general or special election in this state, including each election of members of a college district board of trustees, shall be held on one of the following dates:

1. The first Saturday in May in an odd-numbered year.

2. The first Saturday in May in an even-numbered year, for an election held by a political subdivision other than a county.

3. The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

Election Code 41.001; Education Code 130.082(j)

The governing body of a political subdivision, other than a county or municipal utility district, that holds its general election for officers on a date other than the November uniform election date may, not later than December 31, 2025, change the date on which it holds its general election for officers to the November uniform election date. in odd-numbered years.

Election Code 41.0052(a)

Publication of Election Date and Location Online

A political subdivision, including a college district, with the authority to impose a tax that maintains a publicly accessible internet website shall post on a publicly accessible internet website the date and location of the next election for officers of the political subdivision. [See also BBBA]

Gov’t Code 2051.201(a), (b)(3)

Joint Elections Administrator

A political subdivision, including a college district, may seek to create the position of joint elections administrator under Election Code Chapter 31, Subchapter F.

Election Code 31.152

Membership

The number of members or trustees of the governing board shall be either seven or nine, in accordance with the laws applicable to the junior college district on the effective date of the Education Code or on the date of the creation of a new district or a new board.

Education Code 130.082(d)

Weatherford College

Notwithstanding any other law, in addition to the members of the board of trustees of the Weatherford Junior College District elected or appointed under other provisions of Education Code Chapter 130, Subchapter E, the commissioners court of each county in which a branch campus of the district is located and that imposed a branch campus mail district's board of trustees. Members of the board of trustees appointed under Education Code 130.0828 serve two-year terms and may be appointed to serve successive terms. The commissioners court shall appoint initial members to serve a term beginning December 1, 2017.

A member of the board of trustees appointed under Section

130.0828 may participate in the decision-making of the board to

the same extent as any other member of the board, including by

voting on any budget that affects the entire district, except that a

member of the board of trustees appointed under Section

130.0828:

1. May not participate in the decision-making of the board in matters related to the imposition of a tax or an issue that only affects a campus located in the junior college district;

2. Is not counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum of the board is present for the purpose of item 1; and

3. May not serve as an officer of the board of trustees.

Education Code 130.0828 (d)

Increase in Membership

Any seven-member board may be increased to nine, and the two additional members shall be appointed by resolution or order of the board for terms of office as prescribed in Education Code 130.082(e).

Education Code 130.082(d)

Trinity Valley Community College

In accordance with Education Code 130.08285, the governing board of the Trinity Valley Community College District may by resolution or order of the governing board increase the number of board members to 11.

Education Code 130.08285(a)

Terms

The basic term of office of a member of the board shall be six years.

Education Code 130.082(e)

Methods of Election

Members of a board shall be elected at-large from each junior college district at regular elections to be called and held by the board for such purpose in each even-numbered year, except as otherwise provided by law.

Education Code 130.082(f), (h)

At-Large Positions

One-third of the members of the board shall be elected at large in the college district at regular elections to be held in each even-numbered year in accordance with Education Code 130.082(e), provided that with a seven-member board two members shall be elected in two consecutive even-numbered years and three members shall be elected in the following even-numbered year.

Education Code 130.082(e)

The board shall designate a number for the position held by each member of the board. At each election, candidates shall be voted upon and be elected separately for each position on the board.

Education Code 130.082(g)

Single-Member Districts Generally

Board Order

The board of trustees of a junior college district may order that all or a majority of the trustees of the district be elected from single-member trustee districts. The order must be entered not later than the 120th day before the day of the first election of trustees from single-member trustee districts.

Education Code 130.0822(a)–(b)

Trustee Districts

If the board orders that trustees shall be elected from single-member trustee districts, the board shall divide the junior college district into the appropriate number of trustee districts, based on the number of members of the board that are to be elected from single-member districts, and shall number each trustee district.

The trustee districts must be compact and contiguous and must be as nearly as practicable of equal population according to the last preceding federal census. Trustee districts must be drawn not later than the 90th day before the day of the first election of trustees from single-member districts.

The board may provide for trustees holding office on the date of the initial election of trustees from single-member districts to serve the remainder of their terms and to represent a trustee district for that term without having residency in that trustee district.

Unless the board has made provision for trustees to complete their term, as described above, residents of each trustee district are entitled to elect one trustee to the board. A candidate for trustee must be a resident of the trustee district the candidate seeks to represent. The trustee vacates the office if the trustee ceases to reside in the trustee district the trustee represents.

Education Code 130.0822(d–h)

Redistricting

Not later than the 90th day before the day of the first regular junior college trustee election at which trustees may officially recognize and act on the last preceding federal census, the board shall redivide the district into the appropriate number of trustee districts if the census data indicates that the population of the most populous district exceeds the population of the least populous district by more than 10 percent. Redivision of the district shall be in the manner provided for the initial division of the district.

After each redistricting, all positions on the board shall be filled unless the board of trustees determines that trustees shall be elected from the new trustee districts as provided by Education Code 130.0826. The trustees then elected shall draw lots for staggered terms as provided by Education Code 130.082.

Education Code 130.0822(j-k)

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 Education Code 130.0826.

If the board of trustees provides for the trustees in office to serve for the remainder of their terms in accordance with Section 130.0826, 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.

Section 130.0826 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 board member was elected.

Education Code 130.0826

Applicability

This method of election does not apply to a junior college district to which Education Code 130.081, 130.083, 130.0821, or 130.088 applies, or to a junior college district required by other law to elect trustees from single-member districts. This method of election does not apply to the election of trustees in any district in which the election of trustees is governed by a court order so long as that order remains in effect.

Education Code 130.0822(l)

Single-Member Districts in Certain Counties

The members of the governing board of a countywide community college district that contains a city with a population of more than 384,500 residents shall be elected from single-member trustee districts in accordance with Education Code 130.0821.

Education Code 130.0821(a)

Certain College Districts

The governing board of a junior college that elects a governing board of seven members, with four members elected from respective commissioner precincts and three members elected at large, may order that the board members elected at large be elected instead by position. The order must be entered not later than the 120th day before the first election of a trustee by position. The board may provide for trustees holding office on the date of the initial election of board members by position to serve the remainder of their terms and to represent a position for that term. The board of trustees of a district with a population greater than one million may require that an application filed by a person desiring election to a numbered position on the board be accompanied by a filing fee not to exceed $200 or, instead of the filing fee, a petition signed by a number of registered voters of the district not to exceed 200 as determined by the board.

Education Code 130.044(g), .0823

Paris Junior College

In accordance with Education Code 130.0829, the governing board of the Paris Junior College District may provide by resolution or order of the board for the election of nine board members, eight members elected from respective commissioner precincts and evenly allocated among those precincts and one member elected at large.

Education Code 130.0829

Boundary Change Notice

A political subdivision, including a college district, that changes its boundaries or the boundaries of districts used to elect members to the governing body of the political subdivision shall not later than the 30th day after the date the change is adopted:

1. Notify the voter registrar of the county in which the area subject to the boundary change is located of the adopted boundary change; and

2. Provide the voter registrar with a map of an adopted boundary change in a format that is compatible with the mapping format used by the registrar’s office.

Election Code 42.0615

Notice of Voting Rights

The secretary of state shall adopt rules providing for publicizing voters' rights as prescribed by Election Code 62.0115. The rules must require that a notice of those rights be publicized by being posted by an election officer in a prominent location at each polling place, on the internet website of the secretary of state, through material published by the secretary of state, or in another manner designed to give voters notice of their rights. The secretary of state shall prescribe the form and content of the notice. A notice informing voters of the secretary of state’s toll-free telephone number to allow a person to report an existing or potential abuse of voting rights and the purpose for the number shall be included in the notice of voters' rights.

Election Code 31.0055, 62.0115

Delivery or Submission of Election Documents

Unless otherwise provided by the Election Code, when the Election Code provides for delivery, submission, or filing of an application, notice, report, or other document or paper with an authority having administrative responsibility under the Election Code, a delivery, submission, or filing with an employee of the authority at the authority’s usual place for conducting official business constitutes filing with the authority. The authority to whom a delivery, submission, or filing is required by the Election Code to be made may accept the document or paper at a place other than the authority’s usual place for conducting official business.

A delivery, submission, or filing of a document or paper under the Election Code may be made by personal delivery, mail, telephonic facsimile machine, email, or any other method of transmission.

Election Code 1.007