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1	1	84R20111 ATP-F
2	2	By: Flynn, Shaheen H.B. No. 1380
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1380:
4	4	By: Fallon C.S.H.B. No. 1380
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to ballot language for certain propositions to approve
10	10	actions by a county, city, school district, or other special
11	11	district.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 52.072, Election Code, is amended by
14	14	amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
15	15	follows:
16	16	(e) In addition to any other requirement imposed by law for
17	17	a proposition, including a provision prescribing the proposition
18	18	language, a proposition submitted to the voters for approval of the
19	19	issuance of bonds or the imposition, increase, or reduction of a tax
20	20	shall specifically state, as applicable:
21	21	(1) with respect to a proposition seeking voter
22	22	approval of the issuance of bonds:
23	23	(A) the total principal amount of the bonds to be
24	24	authorized, if approved; [and]
25	25	(B) a general description of the purposes for
26	26	which the bonds are to be authorized, if approved; and
27	27	(C) if the issuer is a political subdivision,
28	28	including a county, city, school district, or other special
29	29	district:
30	30	(i) the total amount of the political
31	31	subdivision's outstanding debt on the first day of the fiscal year
32	32	in which the election is held;
33	33	(ii) the total amount of the political
34	34	subdivision's debt payments on the first day of the fiscal year in
35	35	which the election is held;
36	36	(iii) the total amount of the political
37	37	subdivision's debt obligations on the first day of the fiscal year
38	38	in which the election is held, stated as a per capita amount for the
39	39	political subdivision's population; and
40	40	(iv) the estimated tax rate if the bonds are
41	41	authorized, stated as a per capita amount for the political
42	42	subdivision's population;
43	43	(2) with respect to a proposition that only seeks
44	44	voter approval of the imposition or increase of a tax:
45	45	(A) [,] the amount of or maximum tax rate of the
46	46	tax or tax increase for which approval is sought; and
47	47	(B) if the authority holding the election is a
48	48	political subdivision, including a county, city, school district,
49	49	or other special district:
50	50	(i) the tax rate increase if the imposition
51	51	or increase is approved, stated as a per capita amount for the
52	52	political subdivision's population; and
53	53	(ii) a detailed description of the purposes
54	54	for which the tax is to be imposed or increased, if approved; or
55	55	(3) with respect to a proposition that only seeks
56	56	voter approval of the reduction of a tax:
57	57	(A) [,] the amount of tax rate reduction or the
58	58	tax rate for which approval is sought; and
59	59	(B) if the authority holding the election is a
60	60	political subdivision, including a county, city, school district,
61	61	or other special district, the estimated tax rate reduction, stated
62	62	as a per capita amount for the political subdivision's population.
63	63	(f) A proposition to which Subsection (e) applies may not
64	64	exceed:
65	65	(1) 5,000 characters; or
66	66	(2) a different limit prescribed by the secretary of
67	67	state that ensures that the length of the proposition does not
68	68	exceed one page of the ballot or one screen on an electronic voting
69	69	machine.
70	70	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
71	71	to an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.
72	72	An election ordered before the effective date of this Act is
73	73	governed by the law in effect when the election was ordered.
74	74	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.