80R7028 DRH-F
 
  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 Section 43.130, 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.