1-1  By:  Averitt (Senate Sponsor - Sibley)                H.J.R. No. 22
    1-2        (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 1993;
    1-3  May 12, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
    1-4  Intergovernmental Relations; May 25, 1993, reported favorably by
    1-5  the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 25, 1993, sent to
    1-6  printer.)
    1-7                            COMMITTEE VOTE
    1-8                          Yea     Nay      PNV      Absent 
    1-9        Armbrister         x                               
   1-10        Leedom             x                               
   1-11        Carriker                                       x   
   1-12        Henderson          x                               
   1-13        Madla                                          x   
   1-14        Moncrief           x                               
   1-15        Patterson          x                               
   1-16        Rosson             x                               
   1-17        Shapiro                                        x   
   1-18        Wentworth          x                               
   1-19        Whitmire           x                               
   1-20                        HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
   1-21  proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of
   1-22  county surveyor in McLennan County.
   1-23        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
   1-24        SECTION 1.  Article XVI, Section 44(e), of the Texas
   1-25  Constitution is amended to read as follows:
   1-26        (e)  The office of County Surveyor in the counties of Denton,
   1-27  Randall, Collin, Dallas, El Paso, McLennan, and Henderson is
   1-28  abolished upon the approval of the abolition by a majority of the
   1-29  qualified voters of the respective county voting on the question at
   1-30  an election that the Commissioners Court of the county may call.
   1-31  If the election is called, the Commissioners Court shall order the
   1-32  ballot at the election to be printed to provide for voting for or
   1-33  against the proposition:  "Abolishing the office of county
   1-34  surveyor."  Each qualified voter of the county is entitled to vote
   1-35  in the election.  If the office of County Surveyor is abolished
   1-36  under this subsection, the maps, field notes, and other records in
   1-37  the custody of the County Surveyor are transferred to the County
   1-38  Clerk of the county.  After abolition, the Commissioners Court may
   1-39  employ or contract with a qualified person to perform any of the
   1-40  functions that would have been performed by the County Surveyor if
   1-41  the office had not been abolished.
   1-42        SECTION 2.  This proposed amendment shall be submitted to the
   1-43  voters at an election to be held on November 2, 1993.  The ballot
   1-44  shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
   1-45  proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to abolish the office
   1-46  of county surveyor in McLennan County."
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   1-48                                                         Austin,
   1-49  Texas
   1-50                                                         May 25, 1993
   1-51  Hon. Bob Bullock
   1-52  President of the Senate
   1-53  Sir:
   1-54  We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was
   1-55  referred H.J.R. No. 22, have had the same under consideration, and
   1-56  I am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
   1-57  recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
   1-58                                                         Armbrister,
   1-59  Chairman
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   1-61                               WITNESSES
   1-62  No witnesses appeared on H.J.R. No. 22.