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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to voting rights and eligibility for office of residents |
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of certain districts subject to a strategic partnership agreement. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.0751, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (q-1) to read as follows: |
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(q-1) Except as provided by this subsection, the qualified |
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voters of a district any part of which is annexed for limited |
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purposes under a strategic partnership under this section are |
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entitled to vote in municipal elections as provided by Section |
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43.130. If the district includes area located in more than one |
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municipality, a qualified voter of a district is not entitled to |
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vote in municipal elections under this subsection if the voter is a |
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resident of a municipality other than the municipality subject to |
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the strategic partnership agreement. A resident of a district any |
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part of which is annexed for limited purposes under this section is |
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not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to a municipal |
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office. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |