By:  Bohac                                                        H.B. No. 2183



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the election date of proposed charter amendments in 
home-rule municipalities.
	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.  This subsection shall 
apply to all charter amendment elections ordered to be held after 
September 1, 2003.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.