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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing notice of the anticipated fiscal impact of |
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municipal charter amendments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 9.004, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) Notice of the election shall be published in a newspaper |
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of general circulation published in the municipality. The notice |
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must: |
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(1) include a substantial copy of the proposed |
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amendment; [and] |
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(2) include an estimate of the anticipated fiscal |
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impact to the municipality if the proposed amendment is approved at |
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the election; and |
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(3) be published on the same day in each of two |
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successive weeks, with the first publication occurring before the |
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14th day before the date of the election. |
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(f) The requirement imposed by Subsection (c)(2) does not |
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waive governmental immunity for any purpose and a person may not |
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seek injunctive relief or any other judicial remedy to enforce the |
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estimate of the anticipated fiscal impact on the municipality. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an election for a charter amendment ordered on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |