Bill Text: TX HB863 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds or a tax increase.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services [HB863 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB863-Introduced.html
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By: Schofield | H.B. No. 863 |
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relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance | ||
of bonds or a tax increase. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 41.0051 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 41.0051. ELECTION TO ISSUE BONDS OR INCREASE TAXES. | ||
Notwithstanding any other law, an election for the issuance of | ||
bonds or a tax increase shall be held on the November uniform | ||
election date. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 as it existed | ||
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, 2023. |