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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the costs of holding certain joint elections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.0581(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) Elections held on the same date as provided by |
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Subsection (a) shall be held as a joint election under Chapter 271, |
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Election Code. The expenses paid by an independent school district |
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located entirely within a county with a population of more than |
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three million that holds a joint election with the county under |
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Subsection (a)(2) under the joint election agreement may not exceed |
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1.5 times the cost of the most recent general election for trustees |
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that the district held as a separate election. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |