| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2019; March 14, 2019, read |
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| 3 | | - | first time and referred to Committee on Property Tax; May 6, 2019, |
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| 4 | | - | reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the |
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| 5 | | - | following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 1; May 6, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 7 | | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1613 By: Paxton |
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| 10 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 7 | | relating to turnout requirements for certain elections authorizing |
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| 13 | 8 | | the issuance of bonds or an increase in taxes by a political |
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| 14 | 9 | | subdivision. |
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| 15 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 11 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 2, Election Code, is |
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| 17 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 13 | | CHAPTER 2. VOTE REQUIRED FOR ELECTION [TO OFFICE] |
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| 19 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 2, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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| 20 | 15 | | Subchapter E to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 16 | | SUBCHAPTER E. TURNOUT REQUIREMENTS |
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| 22 | 17 | | Sec. 2.101. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply |
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| 23 | 18 | | to an election held on the November uniform election date of an |
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| 24 | 19 | | even-numbered year. |
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| 25 | 20 | | Sec. 2.102. POLITICAL SUBDIVISION BOND OR TAX ELECTION. An |
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| 26 | 21 | | election held by a political subdivision to authorize the issuance |
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| 27 | 22 | | of bonds or a tax increase has no effect regarding the issuance of |
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| 29 | 24 | | registered voters of the political subdivision in which the |
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| 30 | 25 | | election is held whose registrations are effective on the date of |
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| 31 | 26 | | the election vote in the election in which the bond or tax |
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| 32 | 27 | | proposition is on the ballot. |
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| 33 | 28 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 34 | 29 | | bonds authorized to be issued or a tax increase authorized on or |
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| 35 | 30 | | after the effective date of this Act. Bonds or a tax increase |
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| 36 | 31 | | authorized before the effective date of this Act are governed by the |
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| 37 | 32 | | law in effect when the bonds were authorized, and the former law is |
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| 38 | 33 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 39 | 34 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 40 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 41 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 42 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 43 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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