H.B. No. 2358         AN ACT   relating to eligible voters in a confirmation election for a   conservation and reclamation district.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended   by adding Section 49.1025 to read as follows:          Sec. 49.1025.  QUALIFIED VOTERS IN CONFIRMATION ELECTION.   (a)  In this section, "developer of property in the district" has   the meaning assigned by Section 49.052(d).          (b)  A voter in a confirmation election or an election held   jointly with a confirmation election on the same date and in   conjunction with the confirmation election to authorize taxes and   bonds must be a qualified voter of the district.  For the purposes   of an election described by this subsection, a person is not a   qualified voter if the person:                (1)  on the date of the election:                      (A)  is a developer of property in the district;                      (B)  is related within the third degree of   affinity or consanguinity to a developer of property in the   district;                      (C)  is an employee of a developer of property in   the district; or                      (D)  has resided in the district less than 30   days; or                (2)  received monetary consideration from a developer   of property in the district in exchange for the person's vote.          (c)  In addition to the procedures for accepting a voter   under Section 63.001, Election Code, the election officer shall   provide to the voter the form of the affidavit required by this   section.  The election officer must receive a completed affidavit   before marking the voter as accepted under Section 63.001(e),   Election Code.  If the voter does not submit a completed affidavit   to the election officer or the information stated on the affidavit   demonstrates the voter is not a qualified voter as provided by this   section, the voter may be accepted only to vote provisionally under   Section 63.011, Election Code.          (d)  The district shall submit original or certified copies   of voter affidavits to the office of the attorney general in a   transcript of the proceedings of the confirmation election.          (e)  The office of the attorney general shall prescribe the   form of the voter affidavit.          (f)  The voter affidavit must require the voter to state   under oath:                (1)  the address of the voter and that the voter resides   in the territory of the district;                (2)  the date the voter changed the voter's residence to   the address provided under Subdivision (1); and                (3)  that the voter, to the best of the voter's   knowledge, believes that the voter's registration is effective on   the date of the election.          (g)  The affidavit must include the following statement:   "I am not a developer of property in the district, related within   the third degree of affinity or consanguinity to a developer of   property in the district, or an employee of a developer of property   in the district.  I have not received monetary consideration from a   developer of property in the district for my vote in this election."          (h)  Compliance with this section or the validity of a voter   affidavit may only be challenged in an election contest under Title   14, Election Code.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2358 was passed by the House on May 9,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 2, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 2358 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 5,   2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 2358 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays   1.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor