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Relating to voter qualifications for propositions to authorize the issuance of bonds by school districts and including effective date provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2019
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to voter qualifications for ballot propositions to authorize the issuance of bonds in a school district. When a proposition to authorize the issuance of bonds by a school district is submitted to the electors on or after July 1, 2019, each eligible elector who is a resident of the state and who owns land within the boundaries of the school district proposing to issue the bonds shall be eligible to vote on the proposition by mailed absentee ballot. The bill establishes registration, notification, and application requirements related to the administration of voting by a nonresident landowner and requires the state commissioner of elections (secretary of state) to prescribe the form of attestations marked on affidavit envelopes for absentee ballots mailed to nonresident landowners.
Read the full explanation
The bill requires that the affidavit envelope include an attestation to the registered voter’s continued qualifications to vote in such elections under the provisions of the bill. The bill authorizes the state commissioner of elections to adopt emergency rules to implement the provisions of the bill, and the rules shall be effective immediately upon filing unless a later date is specified in the rules. Additionally, any rules adopted in accordance with the bill shall also be published as a notice of intended action. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
House subcommittee
Named January 30, 2019. Meeting: Wednesday, February 6 · 8:00 AM · House Lounge.
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