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          By Glaze                                              H.J.R. No. 37
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the abolition
    1-2  of the office of county surveyor.
    1-3        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Article XVI, Section 44, of the Texas
    1-5  Constitution is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as
    1-6  follows:
    1-7        (h)  The Commissioners Court of a county may call an election
    1-8  to abolish the office of County Surveyor in the county.  The office
    1-9  of County Surveyor in the county is abolished if a majority of the
   1-10  voters of the county voting on the question at that election
   1-11  approve the abolition.  If an election is called under this
   1-12  subsection, the Commissioners Court shall order the ballot for the
   1-13  election to be printed to provide for voting for or against the
   1-14  proposition:  "Abolishing the office of county surveyor of this
   1-15  county."  If the office of County Surveyor is abolished under this
   1-16  subsection, the maps, field notes, and other records in the custody
   1-17  of the County Surveyor are transferred to the county officer or
   1-18  employee designated by the Commissioners Court of the county in
   1-19  which the office is abolished, and the Commissioners Court may from
   1-20  time to time change its designation as it considers appropriate.
   1-21        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-22  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1993.
   1-23  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
   1-24  the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to permit the
    2-1  voters of a county to decide, at an election called by the
    2-2  commissioners court, whether to abolish the office of county
    2-3  surveyor in the county."
    2-4                       COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
    2-5  Amend H.J.R. 37 as follows:
    2-6        (1)  On page 1, line 7, strike the words "a county" and
    2-7  replace with "Upshur County"
    2-8        (2)  On page 1, line 8, strike the words "the county" and
    2-9  replace with "Upshur County"
   2-10        (3)  On page 1, line 9, strike the words "the county" and
   2-11  replace with "Upshur County"
   2-12        (4)  On page 1, lines 14 and 15, strike the words "this
   2-13  county" and replace with "Upshur County"
   2-14        (5)  On page 2, line 1, strike the words, "a county" and
   2-15  replace with "Upshur County"
   2-16        (6)  On page 2, line 3, strike the words, "the county" and
   2-17  replace with "Upshur County"
   2-18                                                               Hamric