By: Elkins (Senate Sponsor - Janek) H.B. No. 3723

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2007; May 10, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 18, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 18, 2007, sent to printer.)

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.

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