Bill Text: TX HJR13 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the election and staggering of terms of county commissioners following a change in boundaries of a commissioners precinct.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-16 - Left pending in committee [HJR13 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HJR13-Introduced.html
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| By: Branch | H.J.R. No. 13 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the election and | ||
| staggering of terms of county commissioners following a change in | ||
| boundaries of a commissioners precinct. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 18(d), Article V, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Each commissioners precinct shall elect a commissioner | ||
| at the first general election that follows the adoption of a change | ||
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| located in the county. The commissioners elected after a change in | ||
| boundaries shall determine by lot which two of them will serve a | ||
| term of two years and which two of them will serve a term of four | ||
| years, so that one-half of the commissioners shall be elected every | ||
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| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the | ||
| election and staggering of terms of county commissioners following | ||
| a change in boundaries of a commissioners precinct." | ||
