Bill Text: TX HB153 | 2025 | 89th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the frequency of elections seeking voter approval for the issuance of school district bonds.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-07-21 - Filed [HB153 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB153-Introduced.html
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| By: Little | H.B. No. 153 | |
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| relating to the frequency of elections seeking voter approval for | ||
| the issuance of school district bonds. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 45.003(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Bonds described by Section 45.001 may not be issued and | ||
| taxes described by Section 45.001 or 45.002 may not be levied unless | ||
| authorized by a majority of the qualified voters of the district, | ||
| voting at an election held for that purpose, at the expense of the | ||
| district, in accordance with the Election Code, except as provided | ||
| by this subchapter [ |
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| resolution or order of the governing board or commissioners court. | ||
| The resolution or order must state the date of the election, the | ||
| proposition or propositions to be submitted and voted on, the | ||
| polling place or places, and any other matters considered necessary | ||
| or advisable by the governing board or commissioners court. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 45, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 45.0034 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 45.0034. FREQUENCY OF ELECTION. An election held by a | ||
| school district to authorize the issuance of bonds under Section | ||
| 45.003 may not be held earlier than the fifth anniversary of the | ||
| date of any previous election under that section held in the | ||
| district. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
