Bill Text: TX SB437 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 437 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to residency requirements for voting in certain municipal utility district elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-06 - Left pending in committee [SB437 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB437-Introduced.html

	82R4382 SGA-D

	By: Nelson	S.B. No. 437



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to residency requirements for voting in certain municipal
	utility district elections.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended
	by adding Section 54.026 to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.026. ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE IN CONFIRMATION ELECTION.
	To be eligible to vote in an election to confirm the creation of a
	district, a person must reside in the district for at least one year
	immediately preceding the date of the election.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended
	by adding Section 54.506 to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.506. ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE IN CERTAIN BOND ELECTIONS.
	To be eligible to vote in an election authorizing a district's first
	issuance of bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, a
	person must reside in the district for at least one year immediately
	preceding the date of the election.
	SECTION 3. (a) Section 54.026, Water Code, as added by this
	Act, applies only to a confirmation election ordered on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	(b) Section 54.506, Water Code, as added by this Act,
	applies only to a bond election ordered on or after the effective
	date of this Act.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.