Bill Text: TX HB2940 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the form of ballot propositions in an election seeking voter approval for the issuance of school district bonds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to Public Education [HB2940 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2940-Introduced.html

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88R793 JES-D
By: Lopez of Cameron H.B. No. 2940

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the form of ballot propositions in an election seeking
voter approval for the issuance of school district bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 45.003(g), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(g) Notwithstanding Section 1251.052, Government Code, the
question of whether to approve the issuance of bonds for the
construction, acquisition, and equipment of school buildings,
including gymnasiums and field houses, in the district, the
purchase of new school buses, and the purchase of necessary sites
for school buildings may be submitted to the voters in a single
ballot proposition, except that bonds for each of the following
purposes must be stated in a separate proposition:
(1) the construction, acquisition, or equipment of a
stadium with seating capacity for more than 1,000 spectators;
(2) the construction, acquisition, or equipment of a
natatorium;
(3) the construction, acquisition, or equipment of
another recreational facility other than a gymnasium, field house,
playground, or play area;
(4) the construction, acquisition, or equipment of a
performing arts facility;
(5) the construction, acquisition, or equipment of
housing for teachers as determined by the district to be necessary
to have a sufficient number of teachers for the district; and
(6) an acquisition or update of technology equipment,
other than equipment used for school security purposes or
technology infrastructure integral to the construction of a
facility.
SECTION 2. Section 45.003(g), Education Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to an election ordered on or after the
effective date of this Act. An election ordered before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
election was ordered, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.