83R6791 EAH-D
 
  By: King of Zavala H.B. No. 1871
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the allocation of the expenses of a joint election to
  certain school districts.
         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)  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
  registered voters in the school district bears to the total number
  of registered voters in all political subdivisions participating in
  the joint election.  This subsection applies only to a school
  district:
               (1)  that has territory located in at least four
  counties, each of which has a population of less than 46,100; and
               (2)  no part of which is located in a municipality.
         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, 2013.