S.B. No. 1226
AN ACT
relating to the ballot language for junior college district
annexation elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (g), Section 130.065, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(g) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or
against the proposition: "Approving the annexation by the
_________ (name of junior college district) ["Annexation] of the
following territory [for junior college purposes]: __________
(with[", with] the blank filled in with a description of the
territory proposed for annexation), and authorizing the imposition
of an ad valorem tax for junior college purposes, which is currently
set at a rate of ____________ (with the blank filled in with the ad
valorem tax rate of the district for the current year or, if that
rate has not been adopted, the tax rate for the preceding year) per
$100 valuation of taxable property."[.]
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the ballot for an election ordered to be held on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1226 passed the Senate on
April 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1226 passed the House on
April 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor