Bill Text: TX SB1609 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a proposition to approve the issuance of bonds or other debt.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1609 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1609-Introduced.html

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88R1235 ADM-D
By: Sparks S.B. No. 1609

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a proposition to approve the issuance of bonds or other
debt.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 41.0051 to read as follows:
Sec. 41.0051. PROPOSITION FOR APPROVAL OF ISSUANCE OF BONDS
OR OTHER DEBT. (a) A proposition for approval of the issuance of
bonds or other debt shall be submitted to the voters in an election
held on the November uniform election date.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 41.0011, a proposition
described by Subsection (a) may not be submitted to the voters in an
election held under that section.
(c) If a law outside this code requires a proposition
described by Subsection (a) to be submitted to the voters in an
election held on a date other than the November uniform election
date, the authority administering the election shall set the
election date to comply with this section.
SECTION 2. The change in law made 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.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.