By Green H.B. No. 1815 77R7010 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. Chapter 1251, Government Code, is amended by 1-5 adding Section 1251.007 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 1251.007. FREQUENCY OF BOND ELECTIONS. (a) In this 1-7 section, "political subdivision" means a: 1-8 (1) county; 1-9 (2) municipality; 1-10 (3) school district; 1-11 (4) junior college district; 1-12 (5) district or authority created under Article III, 1-13 Section 52, or Article XVI, Section 59, Texas Constitution; or 1-14 (6) any other special purpose district that has taxing 1-15 authority. 1-16 (b) A political subdivision may not call an election on a 1-17 bond proposal that failed at an earlier election or on a bond 1-18 proposal that is similar or related to the earlier bond proposal 1-19 before the first anniversary of the date of the election at which 1-20 the earlier bond proposal failed. 1-21 (c) The authority responsible for ordering the election on a 1-22 bond proposal shall determine whether the bond proposal is the same 1-23 as or similar or related to a bond proposal that failed at an 1-24 election held within the 12 months preceding the date proposed for 2-1 the election on the new bond proposal. 2-2 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.