Bill Text: TX HB404 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 404 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to voter eligibility and registration in El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-04 - Recommendations filed with the Speaker [HB404 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB404-Introduced.html



	By: Quintanilla	H.B. No. 404



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to voter eligibility and registration in El Paso County
	Water Improvement District No. 1.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subtitle J, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 9303 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 9303. EL PASO COUNTY WATER
	IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 9303.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district"
	means the El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1.
	[Sections 9303.002-9303.050 reserved for expansion]
	SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
	Sec. 9303.051. VOTER ELIGIBILITY. An individual is
	eligible to vote in a district election only if the individual:
	(1) is 18 years of age or older;
	(2) is a United States citizen; and
	(3) is registered to vote under Section 9303.052.
	Sec. 9303.052. ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER. (a) To be eligible
	for registration as a voter in the district, an individual must:
	(1) be registered to vote in El Paso County, Texas; and
	(2) either:
	(A) hold title to land that is:
	(i) taxable by the district; and
	(ii) classified by the district as
	irrigable; or
	(B) have an ownership interest in an entity that
	holds title to land that has received irrigation water from the
	district within the previous four calendar years and is taxable by
	the district.
	(b) To vote in a district election, an individual eligible
	to vote under Section 9303.051 must register with the district not
	later than the 60th day before the date on which the district
	election is held.
	(c) The district shall file with the county clerk of El Paso
	County a certified copy of the list of the district's registered
	voters not later than the 25th day before the date on which a
	district election is held.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.