| 1 | 1 | | 85R9178 PAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 871 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to municipal voting rights and eligibility for municipal |
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| 8 | 8 | | office of residents in areas subject to limited-purpose annexation |
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| 9 | 9 | | under strategic partnership agreements. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 43.0751, Local Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by amending Subsection (q) and adding Subsection (q-1) to |
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| 13 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (q) The qualified voters of a district annexed for limited |
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| 15 | 15 | | purposes under a strategic partnership agreement are entitled to |
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| 16 | 16 | | vote in municipal elections as provided by Section 43.130(a) in the |
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| 17 | 17 | | same manner as qualified voters of any other area annexed for |
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| 18 | 18 | | limited purposes, and that subsection applies to a limited-purpose |
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| 19 | 19 | | annexation under a strategic partnership agreement. Residents of a |
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| 20 | 20 | | district annexed for limited purposes under a strategic partnership |
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| 21 | 21 | | agreement are not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to |
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| 22 | 22 | | a municipal office as provided by Section 43.130(b). |
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| 23 | 23 | | (q-1) Except as provided by Subsection (q) [for Sections |
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| 24 | 24 | | 43.130(a) and (b)], Subchapter F does not apply to a |
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| 25 | 25 | | limited-purpose annexation under a strategic partnership |
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| 26 | 26 | | agreement. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act is intended |
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| 28 | 28 | | only to clarify existing law with respect to the municipal voting |
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| 29 | 29 | | rights and eligibility for office of residents in areas subject to |
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| 30 | 30 | | limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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