By:  Eckels                                          H.J.R. No. 107
       73R6297 JSA-D
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the time for
    1-2  redistricting justice and commissioner precincts.
    1-3        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Article V, Section 18, of the Texas Constitution
    1-5  is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
    1-6        (e)  In order to provide sufficient time for the
    1-7  redistricting of justice and commissioner precincts in conformity
    1-8  with other state and local election districts, a county is not
    1-9  required to redistrict justice or commissioner precincts until the
   1-10  second general election after the publication of the federal
   1-11  decennial census.
   1-12        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-13  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1993.
   1-14  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
   1-15  the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment relating to the
   1-16  time for redistricting the precincts used to elect justices of the
   1-17  peace and county commissioners."