By: Buckley (Senate Sponsor - Flores) H.B. No. 1434
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
BettencourtX
SpringerX
EckhardtX
GutierrezX
HallX
NicholsX
ParkerX
PaxtonX
WestX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the staggering of terms of aldermen of 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
(c), the governing body by majority vote may establish staggered
terms by requiring the aldermen to draw lots.
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, 2023.
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