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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the election and |
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staggering of terms of county commissioners following a change in |
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boundaries of a commissioners precinct. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 18(d), Article V, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Each commissioners precinct shall elect a commissioner |
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at the first general election that follows the adoption of a change |
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in [When] the boundaries of two or more commissioners precincts |
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located in the county. The commissioners elected after a change in |
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boundaries shall determine by lot which two of them will serve a |
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term of two years and which two of them will serve a term of four |
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years, so that one-half of the commissioners shall be elected every |
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two years thereafter [are changed, each commissioner in office on
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the effective date of the change, or elected to a term of office
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beginning on or after the effective date of the change, shall serve
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in the precinct to which each was elected or appointed for the
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entire term to which each was elected or appointed, even though the
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change in boundaries places the person's residence outside the
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precinct for which he was elected or appointed]. |
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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 5, 2013. |
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The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the |
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election and staggering of terms of county commissioners following |
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a change in boundaries of a commissioners precinct." |