1-1     By:  Krusee, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos)     H.B. No. 2440
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
 1-4     Affairs; May 7, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 7, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to a referendum for a rail plan in certain metropolitan
 1-9     rapid transit authorities.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 451.071(e), Transportation Code, is
1-12     amended to read as follows:
1-13           (e)  A subsequent referendum under Subsection (d):
1-14                 (1)  may be held more than once;
1-15                 (2)  is held in the same manner as the initial
1-16     referendum; and
1-17                 (3)  must be held at the general election in November
1-18     of an even-numbered year [may not be held before the first
1-19     anniversary of an election previously held under this section].
1-20           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-23     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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