By: Buckley (Senate Sponsor - Flores) H.B. No. 1434
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
  May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
  Government; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         BettencourtX
         SpringerX
         EckhardtX
         GutierrezX
         HallX
         NicholsX
         ParkerX
         PaxtonX
         WestX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the staggering of terms of aldermen of the governing
  body of a Type A general-law municipality.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 22.034, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  If the aldermen of the governing body of a municipality
  are not serving staggered terms of office as provided by Subsection
  (c), the governing body by majority vote may establish staggered
  terms by requiring the aldermen to draw lots.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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