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is repealed.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.