By Shields                                      H.J.R. No. 86

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                                 A JOINT RESOLUTION

 1-1     proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a

 1-2     member of the Bexar County Commissioners Court may serve in office.

 1-3           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Article V of the Texas Constitution is amended by

 1-5     adding Section 32 to read as follows:

 1-6           Sec. 32.  (a)  This section applies only in Bexar County to

 1-7     an office on the commissioners court of the county, including the

 1-8     office of the county judge established under Section 15 of this

 1-9     article.

1-10           (b)  A person is not eligible to serve a full or partial term

1-11     in an office described by Subsection (a) of this section if on

1-12     December 31 of the last full calendar year of the term the person

1-13     will have held office on the commissioners court during any part of

1-14     each of 12 or more calendar years.

1-15           (c)  Nothing in this section prohibits a person from

1-16     continuing to serve in an office covered by this section after the

1-17     end of a term as a holdover under Section 17, Article XVI, of this

1-18     constitution, or other law until a successor is qualified.

1-19           (d)  For purposes of this section, a calendar year begins

1-20     January 1 and ends December 31.

1-21           (e)  Service as a county commissioner and service as a county

1-22     judge in Bexar County are counted for purposes of determining

1-23     whether a person is disqualified from serving under this section in

1-24     an office on the commissioners court.

 2-1           (f)  Service in office during a term that begins before

 2-2     January 1, 1999, does not count for purposes of determining whether

 2-3     a person is disqualified from office under this section.

 2-4           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

 2-5     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997.

 2-6     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

 2-7     following proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to limit the

 2-8     time that a member of the Bexar County Commissioners Court may

 2-9     serve in office."