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79R9717 T

By:  Hartnett                                                     H.B. No. 2751



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to fiscal impacts of municipal charter amendments.                   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 9.004, Local Government Code, is amended 
by amending Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	Sec. 9.004.  CHARTER AMENDMENTS.  (a)  The governing body of 
a municipality on its own motion may submit a proposed charter 
amendment to the municipality's qualified voters for their approval 
at an election.  The governing body shall submit a proposed charter 
amendment to the voters for their approval at an election if the 
submission is supported by a petition signed by a number of 
qualified voters of the municipality equal to at least five percent 
of the number of qualified voters of the municipality or 20,000, 
whichever number is the smaller.
	(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.
	(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; and              
		(2)  include an estimate of the anticipated fiscal 
impacts to the municipality upon passage of the proposed amendment; 
and
		(3)  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.
	(d)  An amendment may not contain more than one subject.                       
	(e)  The ballot shall be prepared so that a voter may approve 
or disapprove any one or more amendments without having to approve 
or disapprove all of the amendments.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.