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| 1 | 1 | 84R9278 JTS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bohac H.B. No. 1710 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to an election to repeal a photographic traffic signal | |
| 8 | 8 | enforcement system ordinance. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 707, Transportation Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Section 707.0022 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 707.0022. ELECTION TO REPEAL ORDINANCE. (a) The | |
| 13 | 13 | governing body of a local authority shall submit to the voters of | |
| 14 | 14 | the local authority the question of repealing an ordinance adopted | |
| 15 | 15 | under Section 707.002 if the governing body receives a petition | |
| 16 | 16 | that requests the election and is signed by 10 percent of the | |
| 17 | 17 | registered voters of the local authority. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the | |
| 19 | 19 | repeal of the ordinance, the governing body: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) shall repeal the ordinance; and | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) may not subsequently adopt an ordinance under | |
| 22 | 22 | Section 707.002. | |
| 23 | 23 | (c) An election on the question of repealing an ordinance | |
| 24 | 24 | under Section 707.002 may not be held more often than every two | |
| 25 | 25 | years. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |