By Lindsay S.B. No. 1061 77R809 DRH-D 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.