80R13483 DRH-D
 
  By: Elkins H.B. No. 3723
 
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3723:
 
  By:  Berman C.S.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.