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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a home-rule |
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municipality to provide in its charter the procedure to fill a |
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vacancy on its governing body for which the unexpired term is 1 |
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2 |
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months or less. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11, Article XI, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) A municipality so providing a term exceeding two (2) |
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years but not exceeding four (4) years for any of its non-civil |
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service officers must elect all of the members of its governing body |
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by majority vote of the qualified voters in such municipality. |
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(c) Any[, and any] vacancy or vacancies occurring on such |
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governing body shall not be filled by appointment but must be filled |
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by majority vote of the qualified voters at a special election |
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called for such purpose within one hundred and twenty (120) days |
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after such vacancy or vacancies occur except that the municipality |
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may provide by charter or charter amendment the procedure for |
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filling a vacancy occurring on its governing body for an unexpired |
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term of 12 months or less. |
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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 authorizing a |
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home-rule municipality to provide in its charter the procedure to |
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fill a vacancy on its governing body for which the unexpired term is |
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12 months or less." |