80R13483 DRH-D
 
  By: Elkins H.B. No. 3723
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the voting rights of residents in an area annexed for
  limited purposes under a strategic partnership agreement.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 43.0751(q), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (q)  Except for Sections 43.130(a) and (b), Subchapter F does
  not apply to a limited-purpose annexation under a strategic
  partnership agreement.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2007.