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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an election to repeal a photographic traffic signal |
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enforcement system ordinance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 707, Transportation Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 707.0022 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 707.0022. ELECTION TO REPEAL ORDINANCE. (a) The |
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governing body of a local authority shall submit to the voters of |
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the local authority the question of repealing an ordinance adopted |
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under Section 707.002 if the governing body receives a petition |
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that requests the election and is signed by 10 percent of the |
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registered voters of the local authority. |
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(b) If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the |
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repeal of the ordinance, the governing body: |
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(1) shall repeal the ordinance; and |
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(2) may not subsequently adopt an ordinance under |
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Section 707.002. |
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(c) An election on the question of repealing an ordinance |
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under Section 707.002 may not be held more often than every two |
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years. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |