This section requires certain county commissioners courts to appoint one trustee to the Weatherford Junior College District board and sets how those appointed trustees may serve and participate.
For contingent expiration of this section, see Subsection (e). Sec. 130.0828. ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES FOR WEATHERFORD JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT. (a) 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 this subchapter, the commissioners court of each county in which a branch campus of the district is located and that imposed a branch campus maintenance tax under Section 130.253 on September 1, 2017, shall appoint one member to serve on the district's board of trustees. (b) Members of the board of trustees appointed under this section 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. (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a member of the board of trustees appointed under this section 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. (d) A member of the board of trustees appointed under this section: (1) may not participate in the decision-making of the board in matters related to: (A) the imposition of a tax; or (B) 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 Subdivision (1); and (3) may not serve as an officer of the board of trustees. (e) Unless this section is continued in effect by the legislature, this section expires on December 1, 2027. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 58 (H.B. 2194), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.