87R5193 JTS-D
 
  By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1659
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to clarifying the law regarding municipal voting rights
  and eligibility for municipal office of residents of areas subject
  to limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership
  agreements.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 43.0751, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (q) and adding Subsection (q-1) to
  read as follows:
         (q)  The qualified voters of an area in a district annexed
  for limited purposes under a strategic partnership agreement are
  entitled to vote in municipal elections as provided by Section
  43.130(a) in the same manner as qualified voters of any other area
  annexed for limited purposes, and that subsection applies to a
  limited-purpose annexation under a strategic partnership
  agreement. Residents of an area in a district annexed for limited
  purposes under a strategic partnership agreement are not eligible
  to be a candidate for or to be elected to a municipal office as
  provided by Section 43.130(b).
         (q-1)  Except as provided by Subsection (q) [for Sections
  43.130(a) and (b)], Subchapter F does not apply to a
  limited-purpose annexation under a strategic partnership
  agreement.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act is intended
  only to clarify existing law with respect to the municipal voting
  rights and eligibility for office of residents in areas subject to
  limited-purpose annexation under strategic partnership agreements.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2021.