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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the expansion of a fixed rail transit system by 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 451.071(f), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(f) A referendum on a proposal to expand a system approved |
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under this section is required only if [may be held on any date
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specified in Section 41.001, Election Code, or a date chosen by
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order of the board of the authority, provided that:
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[(1)
the referendum is held no earlier than the 62nd
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day after the date of the order; and
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[(2)] the proposed expansion involves the addition of |
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[not] more than 30 [12] miles of track to the system. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |