TITLE: Relating to ballot language for an election to approve and finance a municipal or county venue project.

SUMMARY: Relating to ballot language for an election to approve and finance a municipal or county venue project.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to ballot language for an election to approve and finance a municipal or county venue project. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 334.024, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) The ballot at the election held under this section must be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "Authorizing (insert name of municipality or county) to (insert description of venue project) and to (insert "impose a new" or "authorize the use of the existing") [impose a] tax (insert the type of tax) at the rate of (insert [the type of tax and] the maximum rate of the tax) for the purpose of financing the venue project." SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a ballot for an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. The ballot for an election ordered before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the election was ordered, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.