1-1     By:  Puente, Uresti (Senate Sponsor - Madla)           H.J.R. No. 8
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2001;
 1-3     April 25, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 4, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 4, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                           HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
 1-7     proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the election and
 1-8     terms of office of the judges of County Courts at Law Nos. 10, 11,
 1-9     and 12 of Bexar County, Texas.
1-10           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
1-12     adding Section 65B to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 65B.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
1-14     constitution, the election and term of office of a judge of County
1-15     Court at Law No. 10 of Bexar County, Texas, County Court at Law No.
1-16     11 of Bexar County, Texas, or County Court at Law No. 12 of Bexar
1-17     County, Texas, are governed by the law relating to county
1-18     attorneys.
1-19           SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to the
1-20     Texas Constitution:
1-21           TEMPORARY PROVISION.  (a)  This temporary provision applies
1-22     to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 77th Legislature,
1-23     Regular Session, 2001, requiring a judge of County Court at Law No.
1-24     10, 11, or 12 of Bexar County, Texas, to be elected and serve a
1-25     term in the manner provided by general law for county attorneys.
1-26           (b)  The term of office of a judge of County Court at Law No.
1-27     10, 11, or 12 of Bexar County, Texas, elected at the general
1-28     election for state and county officers in 2000 ends January 1,
1-29     2005.
1-30           (c)  This temporary provision takes effect on the adoption of
1-31     the amendment by the voters and expires January 2, 2005.
1-32           SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-33     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2001.
1-34     The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
1-35     the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment requiring a judge
1-36     of County Court at Law No. 10, 11, or 12 of Bexar County, Texas, to
1-37     be elected and serve a term in the manner provided by general law
1-38     for county attorneys."
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