85R1447 ADM-D     By: Simmons H.B. No. 151       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a proposition to approve the issuance of bonds or other   debt.          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.  PROPOSITION FOR APPROVAL OF ISSUANCE OF BONDS   OR OTHER DEBT. (a) A proposition for approval of the issuance of   bonds or other debt shall be submitted to the voters in an election   held on the November uniform election date.          (b)  Notwithstanding Section 41.0011, a proposition   described by Subsection (a) may not be submitted to the voters in an   election held under that section.          (c)  If a law outside this code requires a proposition   described by Subsection (a) to be submitted to the voters in an   election held on a date other than the November uniform election   date, the authority administering the election shall set the   election date to comply with this section.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by 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 in effect when the election was ordered.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.