By: Shine (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) H.B. No. 3690
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021;
May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 22, 2021, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 22, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the staggering of terms of aldermen on the governing
body of a Type A general-law municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.034, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) If the aldermen of the governing body of a municipality
are not serving staggered terms of office as provided by Subsection
(b), the governing body by majority vote may provide for the
staggering of terms by requiring the drawing of lots by the
aldermen.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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