H.B. No. 961         AN ACT   relating to the election of junior college district trustees.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 130.082, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (d-1) and (g-1) to read as follows:          (d-1)  Except as provided by Subsection (d) or Section   130.0827, each position on the board of trustees shall be filled by   election in accordance with this section.          (g-1)  The board by resolution may provide, not later than   the 180th day before the date of an election, that a candidate must   receive a plurality of the votes cast for a position to be filled at   the election under Subsection (g). A resolution adopted under this   subsection is effective for subsequent elections until rescinded by   a subsequent resolution adopted not later than the 180th day before   the date of the first election to which the rescission applies.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 961 was passed by the House on May 8,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 130, Nays 17, 1 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 961 on May 21, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 107, Nays 26,   2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 961 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays   3.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor