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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to ballot language for a proposition to approve the |
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imposition or increase of a tax or the issuance of bonds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 52.072, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) In addition to any other requirement imposed by law for |
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a proposition, including a provision prescribing the proposition |
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language, a proposition allowing the voters to approve the |
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imposition or increase of a tax or the issuance of bonds shall |
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specifically state: |
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(1) as applicable: |
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(A) the total dollar amount of bonds that will be |
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issued; or |
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(B) the amount of the tax or tax rate increase; |
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and |
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(2) in plain language and in not more than three |
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sentences, any projects to be supported by the bonds. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An election ordered before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the election was ordered. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |