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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the residency requirement for certain elective offices |
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of certain political subdivisions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 141, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 141.005 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 141.005. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT IN CERTAIN POLITICAL |
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SUBDIVISIONS. (a) This section applies only to a political |
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subdivision that: |
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(1) is located in a county with territory greater than |
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4,600 square miles; and |
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(2) is either: |
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(A) an independent school district servicing |
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fewer than 1,500 students; or |
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(B) a municipality with a population of less than |
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6,000. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 141.001, a municipal charter |
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provision, or any other law, a candidate for the governing body of |
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an independent school district or a municipality is eligible for |
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any position of the governing body if the candidate resides |
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anywhere in the territory from which any member of the governing |
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body is elected. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |