Bill Text: TX HB360 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to ballot language for a proposition to approve the imposition, increase, or reduction of a tax or the issuance of bonds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB360 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB360-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 360 |
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relating to ballot language for a proposition to approve the | ||
imposition, increase, or reduction of a tax or the issuance of | ||
bonds. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 52.072, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) In addition to any other requirement imposed by law for | ||
a proposition, including a provision prescribing the proposition | ||
language, a proposition submitted to the voters for approval of the | ||
issuance of bonds or the imposition, increase, or reduction of a tax | ||
shall specifically state, as applicable: | ||
(1) with respect to a proposition seeking voter | ||
approval of the issuance of bonds: | ||
(A) the total principal amount of the bonds to be | ||
authorized, if approved; and | ||
(B) a general description of the purposes for | ||
which the bonds are to be authorized, if approved; | ||
(2) with respect to a proposition that only seeks | ||
voter approval of the imposition or increase of a tax, the amount of | ||
or maximum tax rate of the tax or tax increase for which approval is | ||
sought; or | ||
(3) with respect to a proposition that only seeks | ||
voter approval of the reduction of a tax, the amount of tax rate | ||
reduction or the tax rate for which approval is sought. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An election ordered before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect when the election was ordered. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 360 was passed by the House on April | ||
14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 360 on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 | ||
present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 360 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0 | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |