1-1 By: Glaze (Senate Sponsor - Ratliff) H.J.R. No. 37 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 6, 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 provide for the abolition 1-22 of the office of county surveyor. 1-23 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-24 SECTION 1. Article XVI, Section 44, of the Texas 1-25 Constitution is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as 1-26 follows: 1-27 (h) The Commissioners Court of a county may call an election 1-28 to abolish the office of County Surveyor in the county. The office 1-29 of County Surveyor in the county is abolished if a majority of the 1-30 voters of the county voting on the question at that election 1-31 approve the abolition. If an election is called under this 1-32 subsection, the Commissioners Court shall order the ballot for the 1-33 election to be printed to provide for voting for or against the 1-34 proposition: "Abolishing the office of county surveyor of this 1-35 county." If the office of County Surveyor is abolished under this 1-36 subsection, the maps, field notes, and other records in the custody 1-37 of the County Surveyor are transferred to the county officer or 1-38 employee designated by the Commissioners Court of the county in 1-39 which the office is abolished, and the Commissioners Court may from 1-40 time to time change its designation as it considers appropriate. 1-41 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 1-42 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1993. 1-43 The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against 1-44 the proposition: "The constitutional amendment to permit the 1-45 voters of a county to decide, at an election called by the 1-46 commissioners court, whether to abolish the office of county 1-47 surveyor in the county." 1-48 * * * * * 1-49 Austin, 1-50 Texas 1-51 May 25, 1993 1-52 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-53 President of the Senate 1-54 Sir: 1-55 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was 1-56 referred H.J.R. No. 37, have had the same under consideration, and 1-57 I am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the 1-58 recommendation that it do pass and be printed. 1-59 Armbrister, 1-60 Chairman 1-61 * * * * * 1-62 WITNESSES 1-63 No witnesses appeared on H.J.R. No. 37.