S.B. No. 1226
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the ballot language for junior college district
  annexation elections.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (g), Section 130.065, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (g)  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or
  against the proposition:  "Approving the annexation by the
  _________ (name of junior college district) ["Annexation] of the
  following territory [for junior college purposes]:  __________
  (with[", with] the blank filled in with a description of the
  territory proposed for annexation), and authorizing the imposition
  of an ad valorem tax for junior college purposes, which is currently
  set at a rate of ____________ (with the blank filled in with the ad
  valorem tax rate of the district for the current year or, if that
  rate has not been adopted, the tax rate for the preceding year) per
  $100 valuation of taxable property."[.]
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to the ballot for an election ordered to be held on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1226 passed the Senate on
  April 7, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1226 passed the House on
  April 21, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor