82R22129 EAH-D
By: Harless H.B. No. 3582
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3582:
By: King of Parker C.S.H.B. No. 3582
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation to certain school districts of the
expenses of a joint election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.0581, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) This subsection applies only to a school district
located in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more. The
joint election agreement allocating expenses as provided by Section
271.004, Election Code, must provide that a school district is
responsible only for the proportion of election expenses that
corresponds to the proportion that the number of precincts located
within the school district's boundaries bears to the total number
of precincts participating in the joint election. The agreement
must also provide that if a precinct is located within the
boundaries of two or more school districts, each school district is
responsible only for the proportion of election expenses that
corresponds to the proportion that the number of the school
district's registered voters in the precinct bears to the total
number of registered voters in the precinct.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.