Bill Text: TX HB1607 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1607 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the posting of notices of elections and candidate filing procedures on bills or invoices sent to residents by municipal utility districts.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-14 - Referred to Elections [HB1607 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1607-Introduced.html

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	By: Schofield	H.B. No. 1607



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the posting of notices of elections and candidate
	filing procedures on bills or invoices sent to residents by
	municipal utility districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended
	by adding Section 54.104 to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.104. NOTICES OF ELECTIONS AND CANDIDATE FILING
	PROCEDURE. (a) Not less than two months and not more than three
	months before the deadline for a candidate to file for a place on
	the ballot for the election of the board, a district shall print
	notice of the procedure for becoming eligible for candidacy on a
	bill or invoice that the district sends to residents. The notice
	shall include:
	(1) a statement of the qualifications to be eligible
	for a place on the ballot;
	(2) the method by which a resident may file for a place
	on the ballot, including the address of the place where the person
	must appear to file an intention to appear on the ballot or the
	mailing address where the person must send notice of an intention to
	appear on the ballot;
	(3) the form, if any, required to be filled out by the
	candidate to qualify for a place on the ballot; and
	(4) the deadline for filing for a place on the ballot.
	(b) Not less than one month and not more than two months
	before the date of an election for the approval of bonds or the
	election of directors, a district shall print notice of the
	election on a bill or an invoice that the district sends to
	residents.
	(c) A notice for a bond election shall state:
	(1) the amount of bonds to be issued;
	(2) the interest rate on the bonds;
	(3) the purpose for which the bonds are to be issued;
	and
	(4) the time and place of the election.
	(d) A notice for a director election shall state:
	(1) the names of the candidates; and
	(2) the time and place of the election.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.