TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the election and staggering of terms of county commissioners following a change in boundaries of a commissioners precinct.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the election and staggering of terms of county commissioners following a change in boundaries of a commissioners precinct.

FULL TEXT:
83(R) HJR 46-Introduced version-Bill Text 83R35 TJB-D By: Burkett H.J.R. No. 46 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the election and staggering of terms of county commissioners following a change in boundaries of a commissioners precinct. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 18(d), Article V, Texas Constitution, is amended to read as follows: (d) Each commissioners precinct shall elect a commissioner at the first general election that follows the adoption of a change in [When] the boundaries of two or more commissioners precincts located in the county. The commissioners elected after a change in boundaries shall determine by lot which two of them will serve a term of two years and which two of them will serve a term of four years, so that one-half of the commissioners shall be elected every two years thereafter [are changed, each commissioner in office on the effective date of the change, or elected to a term of office beginning on or after the effective date of the change, shall serve in the precinct to which each was elected or appointed for the entire term to which each was elected or appointed, even though the change in boundaries places the person's residence outside the precinct for which he was elected or appointed].SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013. The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the election and staggering of terms of county commissioners following a change in boundaries of a commissioners precinct."