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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