87R826 ADM-F By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1419 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a proposition to approve the issuance of bonds or other debt. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 41.0051 to read as follows: Sec. 41.0051. PROPOSITION FOR APPROVAL OF ISSUANCE OF BONDS OR OTHER DEBT. (a) A proposition for approval of the issuance of bonds or other debt shall be submitted to the voters in an election held on the November uniform election date, except as provided by Subsection (b). (b) Notwithstanding Section 41.0011(a), an emergency election under Section 41.0011 at which a proposition described by Subsection (a) is submitted to the voters shall be held on any uniform election date. (c) If a law outside this code requires a proposition described by Subsection (a) to be submitted to the voters in an election held on a date other than the November uniform election date, the authority administering the election shall set the election date to comply with this section. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. An election ordered before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the election was ordered. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.