(a)    An election for trustees of an independent school
 
district shall be held on the same date as the general election for
 
state and county officers[:
 
                         [(1)    the election for the members of the governing
 
body of a municipality located in the school district;
 
                         [(2)    the general election for state and county
 
officers;
 
                         [(3)    the election for the members of the governing
 
body of a hospital district, if the school district:
 
                                     [(A)    is wholly or partly located in a county with
 
a population of less than 40,000 that is adjacent to a county with a
 
population of more than three million; and
 
                                     [(B)    held its election for trustees jointly with
 
the election for the members of the governing body of the hospital
 
district before May 2007; or
 
                         [(4)    the election for the members of the governing
 
board of a public junior college district in which the school
 
district is wholly or partly located].
 
             SECTION  3.    Section 11.059, Education Code, is amended to
 
read as follows:
 
             Sec.  11.059.    TERMS. (a) A trustee of an independent school
 
district serves a term of [three or] four years.
 
             (b)    [Elections for trustees with three-year terms shall be
 
held annually.  The terms of one-third of the trustees, or as near