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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allowing a county to hold a nonbinding referendum on a |
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county fiscal matter. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 130, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 130.910 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.910. NONBINDING REFERENDUM ON COUNTY FISCAL |
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MATTER. (a) The commissioners court of a county may hold a |
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nonbinding referendum in the county on any question affecting a |
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county fiscal matter other than a matter involving: |
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(1) a labor agreement; or |
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(2) compensation of any county employee. |
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(b) The referendum shall be held in the same manner as an |
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election on a county measure and must take place on an election date |
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authorized by Section 41.001, Election Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |