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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirements for a petition proposing an amendment |
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to the charter of a home-rule municipality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 9.004(a), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The governing body of a municipality on its own motion |
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may submit a proposed charter amendment to the municipality's |
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qualified voters for their approval at an election. The governing |
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body shall submit a proposed charter amendment to the voters for |
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their approval at an election if the submission is supported by a |
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petition signed by a number of registered [qualified] voters of the |
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municipality equal to at least 10 [five] percent of the number of |
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registered [qualified] voters of the municipality [or 20,000,
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whichever number is the smaller]. The petition requirements of |
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this subsection do not affect a petition submitted under Chapter |
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143 or 174. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a petition proposing a charter amendment that is filed with a |
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municipality on or after September 1, 2009. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |