1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a referendum for a rail plan in certain metropolitan
1-3 rapid transit authorities.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 451.071(e), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (e) A subsequent referendum under Subsection (d):
1-8 (1) may be held more than once;
1-9 (2) is held in the same manner as the initial
1-10 referendum; and
1-11 (3) must be held at the general election in November
1-12 of an even-numbered year [may not be held before the first
1-13 anniversary of an election previously held under this section].
1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-15 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-16 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-17 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-18 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2440 was passed by the House on April
20, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2440 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor