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By: Madla S.J.R. No. 45
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the authority of the
legislature to provide for the creation of rural fire prevention
districts.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48-d, Article III, Texas Constitution,
is repealed.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2003,
only if the 78th Legislature, at its regular session, enacts a bill
relating to the conversion of all rural fire prevention districts
to emergency services districts and that bill becomes law. The
ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to repeal the authority
of the legislature to provide for the creation of rural fire
prevention districts." If such a bill does not become law, this
proposed constitutional amendment has no effect.