Bill Text: TX HB3202 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county to issue bonds to purchase a voting system or voting system equipment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred to Elections [HB3202 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3202-Introduced.html

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86R9641 ATP-F
By: Calanni H.B. No. 3202

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county to issue bonds to purchase a
voting system or voting system equipment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1301.001(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The commissioners court of a county may issue bonds
authorized under Subtitle A and Chapter 1251 to:
(1) build a county courthouse or jail;
(2) purchase suitable sites in the county and to
construct buildings on the sites for homes or schools for dependent
or delinquent children;
(3) establish county facilities for needy or indigent
persons in the county;
(4) purchase and construct bridges for public purposes
in the county or to cross a stream serving as the county's boundary
line; [or]
(5) improve and maintain the public roads in the
county;
(6) purchase equipment necessary for operating the
county's voting system; or
(7) purchase a new voting system for elections
administered in the county.
SECTION 2. 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, 2019.