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.