87R5193 JTS-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1659
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to clarifying the law regarding municipal voting rights
and eligibility for municipal office of residents of 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 an area in 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 an area in 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, 2021.