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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the allocation of expenses of a joint election to |
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certain school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.0581(e), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) The joint election agreement allocating expenses as |
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provided by Section 271.004, Election Code, must provide that a |
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school district is responsible only for the proportion of election |
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expenses that corresponds to the proportion that the number of |
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registered voters in the school district bears to the total number |
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of registered voters in all political subdivisions participating in |
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the joint election. This subsection applies only to a school |
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district: |
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(1) that has territory located in at least four |
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counties, each of which has a population of less than 55,000 |
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[46,100]; and |
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(2) no part of which is located in a municipality. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |