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79R11316 DRH-D


By:  Hartnett                                                     H.B. No. 2751

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2751:                                   

By:  Bohac                                                    C.S.H.B. No. 2751



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to providing notice of the anticipated fiscal impact of 
municipal charter amendments.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 9.004(c), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Notice of the election shall be published in a newspaper 
of general circulation published in the municipality.  The notice 
must:
		(1)  include a substantial copy of the proposed 
amendment;                  
		(2)  include an estimate of the anticipated fiscal 
impact to the municipality if the proposed amendment is approved at 
the election; and
		(3) [(2)]  be published on the same day in each of two 
successive weeks, with the first publication occurring before the 
14th day before the date of the election.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to an election for a charter amendment ordered on or after the 
effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.