1-1     By:  Lindsay                                          S.B. No. 1061
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2001; March 6, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; March 28, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 28, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the power of certain rapid transit authorities to call
 1-9     an election.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 451, Transportation Code,
1-12     is amended by adding Section 451.072 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 451.072.  GENERAL AUTHORITY TO CALL ELECTION:  CERTAIN
1-14     AUTHORITIES.  (a)  This section applies only to an authority in
1-15     which the principal municipality has a population of more than 1.2
1-16     million.
1-17           (b)  The board of an authority may call an election to
1-18     determine the voters' will on any issue that the board is
1-19     authorized to decide under this chapter or on the exercise of any
1-20     discretionary power of the board under this chapter.  At the time
1-21     the board orders the election, the board shall specify whether the
1-22     results of the election are binding on the authority.
1-23           (c)  The board shall specify the ballot proposition for an
1-24     election called under this section.  A ballot proposition is
1-25     approved if a majority of the voters voting at the election favor
1-26     the proposition.
1-27           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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