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                                                                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is repealed.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 September 13, 
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.

                                                                              




______________________________    ______________________________
President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 45 was adopted by the Senate 
on April 15, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0; and 
that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2003, by 
the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 45 was adopted by the House, 
with amendment, on May 24, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 109, 
Nays 7, two present not voting.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House