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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the withdrawal of a unit of election from certain |
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metropolitan rapid transit authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 451.603(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) An election to withdraw may not be held [ordered, and a
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petition for an election to withdraw may not be accepted for filing,
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on or] before the first [fifth] anniversary of the first day of the |
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calendar month in which a [after the date of a] previous election to |
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withdraw [in] the unit of election [to withdraw] from the authority |
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was held. |
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SECTION 2. Section 451.607(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) At the election the ballot shall be printed to provide |
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for voting for or against the proposition: "Shall [the] (name of |
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unit of election [authority]) withdraw from the [be continued in] |
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(name of authority [unit of election])?" |
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SECTION 3. Section 451.608, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 451.608. RESULT OF WITHDRAWAL ELECTION. (a) If a |
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majority of the votes received on the measure in an election held |
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under Section 451.607 favor the proposition, the [authority
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continues in the] unit of election withdraws from the authority and |
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the authority ceases in the unit of election on the day after the |
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date the election results are canvassed. |
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(b) If less than a majority of the votes received on the |
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measure in the election favor the proposition, the authority |
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continues [ceases] in the unit of election [on the day after the day
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the election returns are canvassed]. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |