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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed February 3, 2025; February 24, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; |
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| 4 | + | March 25, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, |
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| 5 | + | Nays 3; March 25, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 6 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 11 | | relating to the authority of the governing body of a home-rule |
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| 9 | 12 | | municipality to submit a proposed charter amendment to the voters |
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| 10 | 13 | | for approval if application of the provisions of the amendment |
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| 11 | 14 | | would be contrary to state law. |
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| 12 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Section 9.004(a), Local Government Code, is |
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| 14 | 17 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 18 | | (a) Except as provided by Sections 9.0041 and [Section] |
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| 16 | 19 | | 9.0045, the governing body of a municipality on its own motion may |
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| 17 | 20 | | submit a proposed charter amendment to the municipality's qualified |
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| 18 | 21 | | voters for their approval at an election. The governing body shall |
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| 19 | 22 | | submit a proposed charter amendment to the voters for their |
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| 20 | 23 | | approval at an election if the submission is supported by a petition |
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| 21 | 24 | | signed by a number of qualified voters of the municipality equal to |
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| 22 | 25 | | at least five percent of the number of qualified voters of the |
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| 23 | 26 | | municipality or 20,000, whichever number is the smaller. |
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| 24 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 9, Local Government Code, is amended by |
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| 25 | 28 | | adding Section 9.0041 to read as follows: |
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| 26 | 29 | | Sec. 9.0041. AUTHORITY TO PROPOSE CHARTER AMENDMENT |
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| 27 | 30 | | CONTRARY TO STATE LAW. The governing body of a municipality may not |
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| 28 | 31 | | submit a proposed charter amendment to the voters for approval if |
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| 29 | 32 | | application of the provisions of the amendment would be contrary to |
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| 30 | 33 | | state law. |
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| 31 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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