Bill Text: TX SB871 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to municipal voting rights and eligibility for municipal office of residents in areas subject to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB871 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB871-Introduced.html
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By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 871 |
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relating to municipal voting rights and eligibility for municipal | ||
office of residents in areas subject to limited-purpose annexation | ||
under strategic partnership agreements. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 43.0751, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (q) and adding Subsection (q-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(q) The qualified voters of a district annexed for limited | ||
purposes under a strategic partnership agreement are entitled to | ||
vote in municipal elections as provided by Section 43.130(a) in the | ||
same manner as qualified voters of any other area annexed for | ||
limited purposes, and that subsection applies to a limited-purpose | ||
annexation under a strategic partnership agreement. Residents of a | ||
district annexed for limited purposes under a strategic partnership | ||
agreement are not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to | ||
a municipal office as provided by Section 43.130(b). | ||
(q-1) Except as provided by Subsection (q) [ |
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limited-purpose annexation under a strategic partnership | ||
agreement. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act is intended | ||
only to clarify existing law with respect to the municipal voting | ||
rights and eligibility for office of residents in areas subject to | ||
limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2017. |