85R3681 PAM-D     By: Lucio S.B. No. 465       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to voting rights in the areas that are included in a   municipality's annexation plan.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,   is amended by adding Section 43.0525 to read as follows:          Sec. 43.0525.  VOTING RIGHTS IN AREAS INCLUDED IN MUNICIPAL   ANNEXATION PLAN. (a) The qualified voters residing in an area that   is included in a municipality's annexation plan under Section   43.052 are entitled to vote in municipal elections regarding the   election or recall of members of the governing body of the   municipality, the election or recall of the controller, if the   office of controller is an elective position of the municipality,   and the amendment of the municipal charter. The voters may not vote   in any municipal bond election.          (b)  On or after the 15th day but before the fifth day before   the date of the first election held after the date a municipality   adopts or amends its annexation plan to include an area, the   municipality shall publish notice in the form of a quarter-page   advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the area   notifying the residents of the area regarding the eligibility to   vote in the election and stating the location of all polling places   for the residents.          (b-1)  This subsection applies to an area included in a   municipality's annexation plan before September 1, 2017, for which   the annexation has not been completed. A municipality subject to   this subsection, on or after the 15th day but before the fifth day   before the date of the first election held after September 1, 2017,   shall publish notice in the form of a quarter-page advertisement in   a newspaper of general circulation in the area notifying the   residents of the area regarding the eligibility to vote in the   election and stating the location of all polling places for the   residents. This subsection expires September 1, 2019.          (c)  A resident of an area described by Subsection (a) is not   eligible to be a candidate for or to be elected to a municipal   office.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.