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AN ACT
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relating to ballot language for an election to approve and finance a |
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municipal or county venue project. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 334.024, Local |
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Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The ballot at the election held under this section must |
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be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: |
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"Authorizing ________ (insert name of municipality or county) to |
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_______ (insert description of venue project) and to ________ |
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(insert "impose a new" or "authorize the use of the existing") |
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[impose a] ________ tax (insert the type of tax) at the rate of |
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________ (insert [the type of tax and] the maximum rate of the tax) |
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for the purpose of financing the venue project." |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a ballot for an election ordered on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. The ballot for an election ordered before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the |
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election was ordered, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 169 passed the Senate on |
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March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 169 passed the House on |
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May 10, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |