85R9178 PAM-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 871
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to municipal voting rights and eligibility for municipal
office of residents in areas subject to limited-purpose annexation
under strategic partnership agreements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.0751, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (q) and adding Subsection (q-1) to
read as follows:
(q) The qualified voters of a district annexed for limited
purposes under a strategic partnership agreement are entitled to
vote in municipal elections as provided by Section 43.130(a) in the
same manner as qualified voters of any other area annexed for
limited purposes, and that subsection applies to a limited-purpose
annexation under a strategic partnership agreement. Residents of a
district annexed for limited purposes under a strategic partnership
agreement are not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to
a municipal office as provided by Section 43.130(b).
(q-1) Except as provided by Subsection (q) [for Sections
43.130(a) and (b)], Subchapter F does not apply to a
limited-purpose annexation under a strategic partnership
agreement.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act is intended
only to clarify existing law with respect to the municipal voting
rights and eligibility for office of residents in areas subject to
limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements.
SECTION 3. 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.