By Green H.B. No. 1337 77R4175 MI-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the frequency of municipal bond elections. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 1331, Government Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 1331.003 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 1331.003. FREQUENCY OF BOND ELECTIONS. (a) A 1-7 municipality may not call an election on a bond proposal that 1-8 failed at an earlier election or on a bond proposal that is similar 1-9 or related to the earlier bond proposal before the first 1-10 anniversary of the date of the election at which the earlier bond 1-11 proposal failed. 1-12 (b) The authority responsible for ordering the election on a 1-13 bond proposal shall determine whether the bond proposal is the same 1-14 as or similar or related to a bond proposal that failed at an 1-15 election held within the 12 months preceding the date proposed for 1-16 the election on the new bond proposal. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.