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| 1 | 1 | 81R99 DRH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Branch H.B. No. 3458 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the requirements for a petition proposing an amendment | |
| 8 | 8 | to the charter of a home-rule municipality. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 9.004(a), Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) The governing body of a municipality on its own motion | |
| 13 | 13 | may submit a proposed charter amendment to the municipality's | |
| 14 | 14 | qualified voters for their approval at an election. The governing | |
| 15 | 15 | body shall submit a proposed charter amendment to the voters for | |
| 16 | 16 | their approval at an election if the submission is supported by a | |
| 17 | 17 | petition signed by a number of registered [qualified] voters of the | |
| 18 | 18 | municipality equal to at least 10 [five] percent of the number of | |
| 19 | 19 | registered [qualified] voters of the municipality [or 20,000, | |
| 20 | 20 | whichever number is the smaller]. The petition requirements of | |
| 21 | 21 | this subsection do not affect a petition submitted under Chapter | |
| 22 | 22 | 143 or 174. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 24 | 24 | to a petition proposing a charter amendment that is filed with a | |
| 25 | 25 | municipality on or after September 1, 2009. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |