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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the ballot language for junior college district |
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annexation elections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.065(g), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(g) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or |
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against the proposition: "Approving the annexation by the |
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_________ (name of junior college district) ["Annexation] of the |
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following territory [for junior college purposes]: __________ |
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(with [", with] the blank filled in with a description of the |
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territory proposed for annexation), and authorizing the imposition |
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of an ad valorem tax for junior college purposes, which is currently |
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set at a rate of ____________ (with the blank filled in with the ad |
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valorem tax rate of the district for the current year or, if that |
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rate has not been adopted, the tax rate for the preceding year) per |
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$100 valuation of taxable property."[.] |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to the ballot for an election ordered to be held 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, 2011. |