By: Fraser S.J.R. No. 32 97S0297/1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the offices of 1-2 Justice of the Peace for Precincts 3 and 4 in Brown County. 1-3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 18, Article V, Texas Constitution, is 1-5 amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-6 (g) Notwithstanding the population requirements of 1-7 Subsection (a), the offices of Justice of the Peace for Precincts 3 1-8 and 4 in Brown County are abolished. The functions of the Justice 1-9 of the Peace Courts for Precincts 3 and 4 are transferred and 1-10 equally distributed to the Justice of the Peace Courts for 1-11 Precincts 1 and 2 in Brown County. However, the offices of Justice 1-12 of the Peace for Precincts 3 and 4 in Brown County are abolished 1-13 under this subsection only if, at the statewide election at which 1-14 the constitutional amendment providing for their abolition is 1-15 submitted to the voters, a majority of the voters of Brown County 1-16 voting on the question at that election favor the amendment. 1-17 SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to the 1-18 Texas Constitution: 1-19 TEMPORARY PROVISION. The abolition of the offices of Justice 1-20 of the Peace for Precincts 3 and 4 in Brown County under the 1-21 constitutional amendment proposed by the 75th Legislature, Regular 1-22 Session, 1997, providing for the abolition of those offices, takes 1-23 effect January 1, 1998, if the conditions of Subsection (g), 2-1 Section 18, Article V, as added by that constitutional amendment, 2-2 are met. This temporary provision expires January 2, 1998. 2-3 SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 2-4 submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 4, 2-5 1997. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against 2-6 the proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the 2-7 abolition of the offices of Justice of the Peace for Precincts 3 2-8 and 4 in Brown County."