By: Rodriguez of Bexar (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 961          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2017;   May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher   Education; May 15, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0;   May 15, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 961 By:  West     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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 A resolution adopted under this   subsection is effective for subsequent elections until rescinded by   a subsequent resolution adopted not later than the 180th day before   the date of the first election to which the rescission applies.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.     * * * * *