By: Keough H.B. No. 1019
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to residency requirements for voting in certain municipal
utility district elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 54.026 to read as follows:
Sec. 54.026. ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE IN CONFIRMATION ELECTION.
To be eligible to vote in an election to confirm the creation of a
district, a person must reside in the district for at least one
year immediately preceding the date of the election.
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 54.506 to read as follows:
Sec. 54.506. ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE IN CERTAIN BOND ELECTIONS.
To be eligible to vote in an election authorizing a district's
first issuance of bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem
taxes, a person must reside in the district for at least one year
immediately preceding the date of the election.
SECTION
3. (a) Section 54.026, Water Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a confirmation election ordered on or after the
effective date of this Act.
(b) Section 54.506, Water Code, as added by this Act,
applies only to a bond election ordered on or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 4. 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, 2017.