TITLE: Relating to voting rights and eligibility for office of residents of certain districts subject to a strategic partnership agreement.

SUMMARY: Relating to voting rights and eligibility for office of residents of certain districts subject to a strategic partnership agreement.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to voting rights and eligibility for office of residents of certain districts subject to a strategic partnership agreement. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 43.0751, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (q-1) to read as follows: (q-1) Except as provided by this subsection, the qualified voters of a district any part of which is annexed for limited purposes under a strategic partnership under this section are entitled to vote in municipal elections as provided by Section 43.130. If the district includes area located in more than one municipality, a qualified voter of a district is not entitled to vote in municipal elections under this subsection if the voter is a resident of a municipality other than the municipality subject to the strategic partnership agreement. A resident of a district any part of which is annexed for limited purposes under this section is not eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to a municipal office. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.