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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting a county or other |
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political subdivision from eliminating offices or changing |
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district boundaries between the primary and general elections. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article VI, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 7 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7. During the period beginning on the general primary |
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election day and ending on the following general election day, a |
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county or any political subdivision of this state whose officers |
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are selected from candidates nominated at a primary election may |
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not, unless ordered to by a court: |
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(1) abolish an office of the county or other political |
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subdivision; or |
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(2) change the boundaries of a district from which an |
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officer of the county or other political subdivision is elected. |
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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 3, 2015. |
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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 prohibiting a county or |
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other political subdivision from eliminating offices or changing |
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district boundaries between the primary and general elections." |