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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to municipal voting rights and eligibility for municipal |
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office of residents in areas subject to limited-purpose annexation |
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under strategic partnership agreements. |
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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 amending Subsection (q) and adding Subsection (q-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(q) The qualified voters of a district annexed for limited |
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purposes under a strategic partnership agreement are entitled to |
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vote in municipal elections as provided by Section 43.130(a) in the |
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same manner as qualified voters of any other area annexed for |
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limited purposes, and that subsection applies to a limited-purpose |
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annexation under a strategic partnership agreement. Residents of a |
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district annexed for limited purposes under a strategic partnership |
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agreement are not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to |
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a municipal office as provided by Section 43.130(b). |
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(q-1) Except as provided by Subsection (q) [for Sections
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43.130(a) and (b)], Subchapter F does not apply to a |
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limited-purpose annexation under a strategic partnership |
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agreement. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act is intended |
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only to clarify existing law with respect to the municipal voting |
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rights and eligibility for office of residents in areas subject to |
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limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |