HB 4714, Sen 2nd Rdg, Amnd #F1

Amend HB 4714 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____. Chapter 323, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended by adding Section 4C to read as follows:

Sec. 4C. CONFIRMATION ELECTION. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if the addition of territory to the district under Section 4B of this Act is not confirmed at an election under this section, the territory is not added to the district.

(b) The district shall hold an election in the additional territory described by Section 4B of this Act on a uniform election date provided by Section 41.001, Election Code, to confirm the addition of the territory to the district.

(c) Notice of the confirmation election shall state the day and place or places for holding the election and the proposition to be voted on.

(d) The ballots for the confirmation election shall be printed to provide for voting "For New District Boundaries" and "Against New District Boundaries."

(e) Immediately after the confirmation election, the presiding judge shall take returns of the results to the board. The board shall canvass the returns and issue an order declaring the results at the earliest practicable time. The order must include a description of the district's boundaries according to the results of the election.

(f) If a majority of the votes cast in the election favor the addition of the territory to the district, the board shall issue an order declaring that the additional territory is added to the district and enter the result in its minutes. If a majority of the votes cast in the election are against the addition of the territory to the district, the board shall issue an order declaring that the addition was defeated and enter the result in its minutes.

(g) A copy of each order issued under this section must be filed:

(1) in the deed records of the county or counties in which the district is located; and

(2) with the commission.