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A
JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment providing for retention |
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elections for police chiefs of certain municipalities. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 22 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22. A person appointed as the police chief of a |
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municipality shall be subject to nonpartisan elections to determine |
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whether the person shall retain the office at times prescribed by |
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the legislature. The duties, qualifications, perquisites, and |
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terms of the office may be prescribed by the legislature. This |
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section applies only to a municipality having a population of more |
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than 5,000. |
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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 permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for |
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retention elections for police chiefs of certain municipalities." |