Bill Text: TX HJR108 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting a county or other political subdivision from eliminating offices or changing district boundaries between the primary and general elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-30 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HJR108 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HJR108-Comm_Sub.html
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| 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 | ||
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| 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." | ||
