78R9711 DRH-D
By: Bohac, Woolley H.B. No. 2183
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2183:
By: Bohac C.S.H.B. No. 2183
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election date of proposed charter amendments in a
home-rule municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 9.004(b), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The ordinance ordering the election shall provide for
the election to be held on the first authorized uniform election
date prescribed by the Election Code [or on the earlier of the date
of the next municipal general election or presidential general
election]. The election date must allow sufficient time to comply
with other requirements of law and must occur on or after the 30th
day after the date the ordinance is adopted.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.