By: King of Zavala (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) H.B. No. 1871

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013; April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 7, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 7, 2013, sent to printer.)

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.

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