By Lindsay                                            S.B. No. 1061
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the power of certain rapid transit authorities to call
 1-3     an election.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 451, Transportation Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Section 451.072 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 451.072.  GENERAL AUTHORITY TO CALL ELECTION:  CERTAIN
 1-8     AUTHORITIES. (a)  This section applies only to an authority in
 1-9     which the principal municipality has a population of more than 1.2
1-10     million.
1-11           (b)  The board of an authority may call an election to
1-12     determine the voters' will on any issue that the board is
1-13     authorized to decide under this chapter or on the exercise of any
1-14     discretionary power of the board under this chapter.  At the time
1-15     the board orders the election, the board shall specify whether the
1-16     results of the election are binding on the authority.
1-17           (c)  The board shall specify the ballot proposition for an
1-18     election called under this section.  A ballot proposition is
1-19     approved if a majority of the voters voting at the election favor
1-20     the proposition.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.