TITLE: Relating to elections for the authorization of certain political subdivisions to issue bonds.

SUMMARY: Relating to elections for the authorization of certain political subdivisions to issue bonds.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to elections for the authorization of certain political subdivisions to issue bonds. 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. ELECTION TO ISSUE BONDS. Notwithstanding any other law, an election for the issuance of bonds by a political subdivision other than a municipal utility district shall be held on the November uniform election date. SECTION 2. Section 52.095, Election Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 52.095. PROPOSITIONS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the authority ordering an election in which more than one measure is to be voted on shall determine the order in which the propositions are to appear on the ballot. (b) A proposition on the issuance of bonds by a political subdivision other than a municipal utility district must be placed before all parties, offices, names, and other propositions on the ballot. 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, 2017.