84R8643 PAM-D
By: Harless H.B. No. 2441
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to voting rights and eligibility for office of residents
of certain districts subject to a strategic partnership agreement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.0751, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (q-1) to read as follows:
(q-1) Except as provided by this subsection, the qualified
voters of a district any part of which is annexed for limited
purposes under a strategic partnership under this section are
entitled to vote in municipal elections as provided by Section
43.130. If the district includes area located in more than one
municipality, a qualified voter of a district is not entitled to
vote in municipal elections under this subsection if the voter is a
resident of a municipality other than the municipality subject to
the strategic partnership agreement. A resident of a district any
part of which is annexed for limited purposes under this section is
not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to a municipal
office.
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, 2015.