TITLE: Relating to the requirements for a petition proposing an amendment to the charter of a home-rule municipality.

SUMMARY: Relating to the requirements for a petition proposing an amendment to the charter of a home-rule municipality.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the requirements for a petition proposing an amendment to the charter of a home-rule municipality. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 9.004(a), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Section 9.0045, the governing body of a municipality on its own motion may submit a proposed charter amendment to the municipality's qualified voters for their approval at an election. The governing body shall submit a proposed charter amendment to the voters for their approval at an election if the submission is supported by a petition signed by a number of qualified voters of the municipality equal to at least five percent of the number of qualified voters of the municipality [or 20,000, whichever number is the smaller].SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a petition proposing a charter amendment that is submitted to a municipality on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.