85R6381 DMS-D
 
  By: Schofield H.B. No. 1272
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the posting of election notices on bills or invoices
  sent to residents by municipal utility districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 54.104 to read as follows:
         Sec. 54.104.  NOTICE OF ELECTIONS. (a) A district shall
  print notice of an election for the approval of bonds or the
  election of directors on a bill or an invoice that the district
  sends to residents.
         (b)  A notice for a bond election shall state:
               (1)  the amount of bonds to be issued;
               (2)  the interest rate on the bonds; and
               (3)  the time and place of the election.
         (c)  A notice for a director election shall state:
               (1)  the names of the candidates; and
               (2)  the time and place of the election.
         SECTION 2.  This Act shall take effect September 1, 2017.