82R22129 EAH-D

By: Harless H.B. No. 3582

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3582:

By: King of Parker C.S.H.B. No. 3582

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the allocation to certain school districts of the expenses of a joint election.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 11.0581, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(e) This subsection applies only to a school district located in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more. The joint election agreement allocating expenses as provided by Section 271.004, Election Code, must provide that a school district is responsible only for the proportion of election expenses that corresponds to the proportion that the number of precincts located within the school district's boundaries bears to the total number of precincts participating in the joint election. The agreement must also provide that if a precinct is located within the boundaries of two or more school districts, each school district is responsible only for the proportion of election expenses that corresponds to the proportion that the number of the school district's registered voters in the precinct bears to the total number of registered voters in the precinct.

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, 2011.