Bill Text: TX HB1185 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of general-law municipalities to impose term limits on the members of their governing bodies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-05 - Considered in Calendars [HB1185 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1185-Introduced.html
| 85R6598 SCL-D | ||
| By: Fallon | H.B. No. 1185 | |
|
|
||
|
|
||
| relating to the authority of general-law municipalities to impose | ||
| term limits on the members of their governing bodies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Local Government Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 21.006 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 21.006. TERM LIMITS FOR GOVERNING BODY OF GENERAL-LAW | ||
| MUNICIPALITY. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Governing body of a municipality" includes the | ||
| presiding officer of the municipality's governing body. | ||
| (2) "Municipal term limit" means a limit on the number | ||
| of terms of service a member of the governing body of a municipality | ||
| may serve on the governing body. | ||
| (b) The governing body of a general-law municipality may | ||
| order an election to impose, amend, or repeal municipal term | ||
| limits. | ||
| (c) The ballot at an election for imposing municipal term | ||
| limits must be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "Imposing term limits consisting of (insert number of | ||
| terms and length of terms) on a person's service on the governing | ||
| body of (insert name of municipality)." If a majority of the votes | ||
| received at the election favor the proposition, the number of terms | ||
| a person may serve on the governing body is limited as provided in | ||
| the proposition. | ||
| (d) The ballot at an election for amending municipal term | ||
| limits must be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "Amending municipal term limits to (insert "increase" | ||
| or "decrease") the number of terms a person may serve on the | ||
| governing body of (insert name of municipality) by providing for | ||
| term limits consisting of (insert number of terms and length of | ||
| terms) on the person's service on the governing body." If a | ||
| majority of the votes received at the election favor the | ||
| proposition, the number of terms a person may serve on the governing | ||
| body is limited as amended. | ||
| (e) The ballot at an election for repealing municipal term | ||
| limits must be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "Repealing term limits for a person's service on the | ||
| governing body of (insert name of municipality)." If a majority of | ||
| the votes received at the election favor the proposition, the | ||
| municipal term limits are repealed. | ||
| (f) If less than a majority of the votes received at an | ||
| election under Subsection (d) or (e) favor the applicable | ||
| proposition, municipal term limits that existed before the election | ||
| are not affected. | ||
| (g) A municipal term limit imposed or amended by an election | ||
| held under this section does not apply to a term that a member of the | ||
| governing body is serving or was elected or appointed to serve on or | ||
| before the date the election was held. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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. | ||
