Amend SB 727 as follows:
      In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 42.0441, Local
Government Code, strike Subsection (h) and substitute the
following:
      (h)  A contract agreed to by the mayor of a municipality and
the board of a district shall be submitted to:
            (1)  the governing body of the municipality and the
board of the district; and
            (2)  the qualified voters of the district in an
election held for the purpose of approving the contract.
      (i)  At least fifty percent of the qualified voters of the
district must participate in the election for the election to be
valid.
      (j)  The contract is binding on the municipality and the
district if:
            (1)  the governing body of the municipality and a
majority of the members of the board of the district approve the
contract; and
            (2)  a majority of the qualified voters voting in an
election required by this section approve the contract.
      (k)  If a majority of the qualified voters voting in an
election required by this section do not approve the contract, the
result of the election may not be interpreted as consent to
annexation by the municipality.
      (l)  If a municipality and a district enter into negotiations
under this section, the governing body of the municipality may not
initiate proceedings to annex the district under any other section
of this code before September 1 of the second year after:
            (1)  the year the notice of the mayor's request to
initiate negotiations is submitted to the board of the district as
provided by Subsection (c); or
            (2)  the year the mayor entered negotiations with the
district after the district submitted a petition as provided by
Subsection (e).