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| 1 | 1 | 81R449 DRH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Leibowitz H.B. No. 27 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to allowing a county to hold a nonbinding referendum on a | |
| 8 | 8 | county fiscal matter. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 130, Local Government | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended by adding Section 130.910 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 130.910. NONBINDING REFERENDUM ON COUNTY FISCAL | |
| 13 | 13 | MATTER. (a) The commissioners court of a county may hold a | |
| 14 | 14 | nonbinding referendum in the county on any question affecting a | |
| 15 | 15 | county fiscal matter other than a matter involving: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) a labor agreement; or | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) compensation of any county employee. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) The referendum shall be held in the same manner as an | |
| 19 | 19 | election on a county measure and must take place on an election date | |
| 20 | 20 | authorized by Section 41.001, Election Code. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |