85R586 ATP-D     By: Huberty H.B. No. 3821       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to voting by the qualified voters of a water or sewer   district wholly or partly annexed by a municipality.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 43.071, Local Government Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:          (h)  A qualified voter of a water or sewer district, any   portion of which a municipality has annexed for full or limited   purposes, is 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, regardless of whether   the municipality has annexed the entire district or whether the   voter resides in an annexed portion of the district. To the extent   of a conflict between this subsection and another provision of this   code or the Water Code, this subsection controls. This subsection   does not apply to:                (1)  an area in the water or sewer district that is   outside of the annexing municipality's extraterritorial   jurisdiction; or                (2)  an area in the water or sewer district that is in   the overlapping extraterritorial jurisdiction of two or more   municipalities.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a   municipal election ordered on or after the effective date of this   Act. A municipal election ordered before the effective date of this   Act is governed by the law in effect when the election was ordered,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.