TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for retention elections for police chiefs of certain municipalities.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for retention elections for police chiefs of certain municipalities.

FULL TEXT:
84(R) SJR 55-Introduced version-Bill Text 2015S0375-1 03/03/15 By: Huffines S.J.R. No. 55 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment providing for retention elections for police chiefs of certain municipalities. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended by adding Section 22 to read as follows: Sec. 22. A person appointed as the police chief of a municipality shall be subject to nonpartisan elections to determine whether the person shall retain the office at times prescribed by the legislature. The duties, qualifications, perquisites, and terms of the office may be prescribed by the legislature. This section applies only to a municipality having a population of more than 5,000. SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for retention elections for police chiefs of certain municipalities."