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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to |
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provide for members of a governing board of an emergency services |
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district to serve terms not to exceed four years. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 30(c), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The Legislature may provide that members of the |
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governing board of a district or authority created by authority of |
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Article III, Section 48-e, Article III, Section 52(b)(1) or (2), or |
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Article XVI, Section 59, of this Constitution serve terms not to |
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exceed four years. |
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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, 2009. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment to provide that elected |
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members of the governing boards of emergency services districts may |
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serve terms not to exceed four years." |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.J.R. No. 85 was passed by the House on May |
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11, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.J.R. No. 85 was passed by the Senate on May |
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27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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RECEIVED: _____________________ |
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Secretary of State |