1-1     By:  Puente (Senate Sponsor - Madla)                  H.B. No. 3193
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
 1-3     May 1, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 9, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the number of members of the governing body of certain
 1-9     home-rule municipalities.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 26, Local Government Code,
1-12     is amended by adding Section 26.046 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 26.046.  SIZE OF GOVERNING BODY:  CERTAIN
1-14     MUNICIPALITIES.  (a)  This section applies only to a  municipality
1-15     with a population of 1.1 million or more that elects each member of
1-16     its governing body other than the mayor from fewer than 14
1-17     single-member districts.
1-18           (b)  Notwithstanding a charter provision to the contrary, the
1-19     municipality may provide by ordinance for the number of districts
1-20     used to elect members to the municipality's governing body.  The
1-21     ordinance may not provide for more than 14 districts.
1-22           (c)  This section does not affect a mayor who, under a
1-23     charter provision, is elected in a municipality at large.
1-24           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-25     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-26     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-27     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-28     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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