86R1940 TJB-D
 
  By: Huberty H.B. No. 802
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to voting rights and eligibility for office of residents
  of certain districts subject to a strategic partnership agreement.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 43.0751, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (q-1) to read as follows:
         (q-1)  Except as provided by this subsection, the qualified
  voters of a district any part of which is annexed for limited
  purposes under a strategic partnership agreement under this section
  are entitled to vote in municipal elections as provided by Section
  43.130. If the district includes area located in more than one
  municipality, a qualified voter of a district is not entitled to
  vote in municipal elections under this subsection if the voter is a
  resident of a municipality other than the municipality subject to
  the strategic partnership agreement. A resident of a district any
  part of which is annexed for limited purposes under this section is
  not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to a municipal
  office.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.