Texas Civil Statutes (Titles 33 to 77) - CIV STAT Art. 2676c. Election of county school trustees in counties of 2,000,000 or more

Sec. 1. This Act applies to the elections for county school trustees in all counties having a population of 3.3 million or more.

Sec. 2. The election for county school trustees shall be held on the first Saturday in April of each odd-numbered year, or on the first Saturday in October of those years as designated by the order of the board of county school trustees.

Sec. 3. The order for election shall be made by the board of county school trustees at least 30 days before the date the election is to be held, and shall define the voting precincts and name the judges of election.

Sec. 4. The board of county school trustees shall give notice of an election by posting a notice in each of three public places in the county, one of which shall be at the courthouse door, or by publishing a notice more than 20 days before the date of the election at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, or by both publication and posting.

Sec. 5. So far as possible, the board of county school trustees shall designate the election officers holding the election for local trustees in each of the school districts in the county as the officers to hold the election for county school trustees.

Sec. 6. All expenses of holding an election shall be paid out of the administration funds under the jurisdiction of the board of county school trustees.

Sec. 7. The officers holding an election shall report the returns of the election to the secretary of the board of county school trustees at his office in the courthouse in the county seat immediately after the election is held.  The board of county school trustees shall declare the results of an election within 10 days after the holding of an election.