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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing compensation for |
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public school employees and retired public school employees serving |
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as members of local governing bodies. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 40(b), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) State employees or other individuals who receive all or |
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part of their compensation either directly or indirectly from funds |
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of the State of Texas and who are not State officers, shall not be |
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barred from serving as members of the governing bodies of school |
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districts, cities, towns, or other local governmental districts. |
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Such State employees or other individuals may not receive a salary |
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for serving as members of such governing bodies, except that: |
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(1) a public school employee or [schoolteacher,] |
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retired public school employee [schoolteacher, or retired school
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administrator] may receive compensation for serving as a member of |
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a governing body of a school district, city, town, or local |
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governmental district, including a water district created under |
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Section 59, Article XVI, or Section 52, Article III; and |
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(2) a faculty member or retired faculty member of a |
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public institution of higher education may receive compensation for |
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serving as a member of a governing body of a water district created |
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under Section 59 of this article or under Section 52, Article III, |
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of this constitution. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2007. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing |
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compensation for public school employees and retired public school |
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employees serving as members of local governing bodies." |