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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to ballot language requirements for a proposition seeking |
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voter approval for the issuance of bonds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 52.072, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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follows: |
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(e) In addition to any other requirement imposed by law for |
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a proposition, including a provision prescribing the proposition |
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language, a proposition submitted to the voters for approval of the |
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issuance of bonds or the imposition, increase, or reduction of a tax |
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shall specifically state, as applicable: |
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(1) with respect to a proposition seeking voter |
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approval of the issuance of bonds: |
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(A) the total principal amount of the bonds to be |
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authorized, if approved; [and] |
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(B) a plain language [general] description of the |
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single specific purpose [the purposes] for which the bonds are to be |
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authorized, if approved; and |
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(C) the rate of any tax that will be increased or |
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imposed to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds; |
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(2) with respect to a proposition that only seeks |
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voter approval of the imposition or increase of a tax, the amount of |
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or maximum tax rate of the tax or tax increase for which approval is |
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sought; or |
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(3) with respect to a proposition that only seeks |
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voter approval of the reduction of a tax, the amount of tax rate |
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reduction or the tax rate for which approval is sought. |
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(f) Each single specific purpose for which bonds requiring |
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voter approval are to be issued must be printed on the ballot as a |
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separate proposition. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An election ordered before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the election was ordered, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |