85R1886 ATP-D     By: Springer H.B. No. 212       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.