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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance |
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of bonds or a tax increase. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 41.0051 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 41.0051. ELECTION TO ISSUE BONDS OR INCREASE TAXES. |
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(a) An election for the issuance of bonds or other debt or a tax |
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increase shall be held on the November uniform election date. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 41.0011, an election described |
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by Subsection (a) may not be held as an emergency election under |
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that section. |
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(c) If a law outside this code requires an election |
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described by Subsection (a) to be held on a date other than the |
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November uniform election date, the authority administering the |
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election shall set the election date to comply with this section. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An election ordered before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the election was ordered. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |