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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to voting rights in the areas that are included in a |
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municipality's annexation plan. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 43, Local Government Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 43.0525 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.0525. VOTING RIGHTS IN AREAS INCLUDED IN MUNICIPAL |
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ANNEXATION PLAN. (a) The qualified voters residing in an area that |
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is included in a municipality's annexation plan under Section |
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43.052 are entitled to vote in municipal elections regarding the |
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election or recall of members of the governing body of the |
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municipality, the election or recall of the controller, if the |
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office of controller is an elective position of the municipality, |
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and the amendment of the municipal charter. The voters may not vote |
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in any municipal bond election. |
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(b) On or after the 15th day but before the fifth day before |
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the date of the first election held after the date a municipality |
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adopts or amends its annexation plan to include an area, the |
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municipality shall publish notice in the form of a quarter-page |
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advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the area |
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notifying the residents of the area regarding the eligibility to |
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vote in the election and stating the location of all polling places |
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for the residents. |
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(b-1) This subsection applies to an area included in a |
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municipality's annexation plan before September 1, 2017, for which |
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the annexation has not been completed. A municipality subject to |
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this subsection, on or after the 15th day but before the fifth day |
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before the date of the first election held after September 1, 2017, |
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shall publish notice in the form of a quarter-page advertisement in |
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a newspaper of general circulation in the area notifying the |
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residents of the area regarding the eligibility to vote in the |
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election and stating the location of all polling places for the |
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residents. This subsection expires September 1, 2019. |
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(c) A resident of an area described by Subsection (a) is not |
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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 September 1, 2017. |