81R2834 DRH-D
 
  By: Harless H.B. No. 337
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the costs of holding certain joint elections.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11.0581(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  Elections held on the same date as provided by
  Subsection (a) shall be held as a joint election under Chapter 271,
  Election Code. Notwithstanding Section 1.014, Election Code, an
  independent school district that holds a joint election with a
  county under Subsection (a)(2) is not required to pay any of the
  costs associated with the conduct of voting in the election on
  election day or the period for early voting by personal appearance.
         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, 2009.