Texas 2015 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HJR108 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 04/30/2015

                    84R17651 ATP-D
 By: Reynolds H.J.R. No. 108
 Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 108:
 By:  Israel C.S.H.J.R. No. 108


 A JOINT RESOLUTION
 proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting a county or other
 political subdivision from eliminating offices or changing
 district boundaries between the primary and general elections.
 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Article VI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
 adding Section 7 to read as follows:
 Sec. 7.  During the period beginning on the general primary
 election day and ending on the following general election day, a
 county or any political subdivision of this state whose officers
 are selected from candidates nominated at a primary election may
 not, unless ordered to by a court:
 (1)  abolish an office of the county or other political
 subdivision; or
 (2)  change the boundaries of a district from which an
 officer of the county or other political subdivision is elected.
 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 provide for voting for or against the
 proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting a county or
 other political subdivision from eliminating offices or changing
 district boundaries between the primary and general elections."