Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1419 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/10/2021

                            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.