Bill Text: TX HB229 | 2027-2028 | 90th Legislature Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to voter approval of certain contracts by a municipality or county with a private entity.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-11-09 - Filed [HB229 Detail]
Download: Texas-2027-HB229-Introduced.html
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| By: Leo Wilson | H.B. No. 229 | |
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| relating to voter approval of certain contracts by a municipality | ||
| or county with a private entity. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2267, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2267.0531 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2267.0531. APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS BY MUNICIPAL AND | ||
| COUNTY VOTERS. A municipality or county may not enter into a | ||
| contract with a private entity to develop or operate a qualifying | ||
| project unless the contract is approved by a majority of the | ||
| municipal or county voters voting at an election held for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 2267.0531, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a contract for a qualifying project | ||
| entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract | ||
| entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
| the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, | ||
| and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027. | ||
