Bill Text: TX SB1407 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to referenda on county property matters in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Local Government [SB1407 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1407-Introduced.html

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87R1836 JTS-D
By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1407

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to referenda on county property matters in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 291.007, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 291.007. NONBINDING REFERENDUM ON COUNTY PROPERTY
MATTER IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a
county with a population of:
(1) less than 40,000; or
(2) more than 300,000 and in which the most populous
military base in this state is wholly or partly located.
(b) The commissioners court of a county [with a population
of less than 40,000] may order a nonbinding referendum in the county
on any matter affecting county property. The referendum must be
held on an authorized uniform election date as provided by Chapter
41, Election Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.