83R1015 KKA-D
By: Marquez, N. Gonzalez of El Paso, Fallon, H.J.R. No. 44
Pickett
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing elections for the
recall of independent school district trustees.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 3-c to read as follows:
Sec. 3-c. The legislature may enact a general, local, or
special law authorizing the removal from office of a member of the
board of trustees of an independent school district by a majority
vote of the qualified voters of the school district voting at an
election held to recall the school district trustee.
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 authorizing elections
for the recall of independent school district trustees."