78R6980 ATP-D

By:  Turner                                                       H.B. No. 2334



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the right of residents of an area annexed for limited 
purposes to vote in certain municipal elections.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 43.130(a), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The qualified voters of an area annexed for limited 
purposes are entitled to vote in municipal elections regarding the 
election or recall of members of the governing body of the 
municipality, the election or recall of the controller, if the 
office of controller is an elective position of the municipality, 
and [or regarding] the amendment of the municipal charter.  The 
voters may not vote in any bond election.  On or after the 15th day 
but before the fifth day before the date of the first election held 
in which the residents of an area annexed for limited purposes are 
entitled to vote, the municipality shall publish notice in the form 
of a quarter-page advertisement in a newspaper of general 
circulation in the municipality notifying the residents that they 
are eligible to vote in the election and stating the location of all 
polling places for the residents.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.