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By:  Ellis                                                        S.B. No. 1612


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to voting for the elective municipal office of controller 
in areas annexed for limited purposes by certain municipalities.
	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, including the elective office of controller if 
applicable, 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.