Bill Text: TX SB1224 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-16 - Left pending in committee [SB1224 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1224-Introduced.html

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86R1463 ATP-D
By: Bettencourt, et al. S.B. No. 1224

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance
of bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41.0011, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) If the governor determines that an emergency warrants
holding an election for the issuance of bonds before the November
uniform election date, the election may be held on an earlier May
uniform election date.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 41.0051 to read as follows:
Sec. 41.0051. ELECTION TO ISSUE BONDS. (a) Except as
provided by Section 41.0011(a-1), an election for the issuance of
bonds shall be held on the November uniform election date.
(b) This section supersedes a conflicting statute outside
this subchapter.
SECTION 3. 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 as it existed
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.