Bill Text: TX HB3582 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the allocation to certain school districts of the expenses of a joint election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-09 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3582 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3582-Introduced.html

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82R6268 EAH-D
By: Harless H.B. No. 3582

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation to a school district of the expenses of a
joint election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.0581, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The joint election agreement allocating expenses as
provided by Section 271.004, Election Code, must provide that a
school district is responsible only for the proportion of election
expenses that corresponds to the proportion that the number of
registered voters in the school district bears to the total number
of registered voters in all political subdivisions participating in
the joint election.
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, 2011.