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."