H.B. No. 2778
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of expenses of a joint election to
certain school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.0581(e), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(e) The joint election agreement allocating expenses as
provided by Section 271.004, Election Code, must provide that a
school district is responsible only for the proportion of election
expenses that corresponds to the proportion that the number of
registered voters in the school district bears to the total number
of registered voters in all political subdivisions participating in
the joint election. This subsection applies only to a school
district:
(1) that has territory located in at least four
counties, each of which has a population of less than 55,000
[46,100]; and
(2) no part of which is located in a municipality.
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, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2778 was passed by the House on April
12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2778 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor