Proposing a constitutional amendment to lower the minimum population required to adopt or amend a municipal charter.

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90R4476 ZAG-D

By: Vasut
H.J.R. No. 43

A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment to lower the minimum

population required to adopt or amend a municipal charter.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 5(a), Article XI, Texas Constitution, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) Cities having more than 500 [ five thousand (5000) ]

inhabitants may, by a majority vote of the qualified voters of said

city, at an election held for that purpose, adopt or amend their

charters. If the number of inhabitants of cities that have adopted

or amended their charters under this section is reduced to 500 [ five

thousand (5000) ] or fewer, the cities still may amend their

charters by a majority vote of the qualified voters of said city at

an election held for that purpose. The adoption or amendment of

charters is subject to such limitations as may be prescribed by the

Legislature, and no charter or any ordinance passed under said

charter shall contain any provision inconsistent with the

Constitution of the State, or of the general laws enacted by the

Legislature of this State. Said cities may levy, assess and collect

such taxes as may be authorized by law or by their charters; but no

tax for any purpose shall ever be lawful for any one year, which

shall exceed two and one-half per cent. of the taxable property of

such city, and no debt shall ever be created by any city, unless at

the same time provision be made to assess and collect annually a

sufficient sum to pay the interest thereon and creating a sinking

fund of at least two per cent. thereon, except as provided by

Subsection (b). Furthermore, no city charter shall be altered,

amended or repealed oftener than every two years.

SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2027.

The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

proposition: "The constitutional amendment to lower the minimum

population required to adopt or amend a municipal charter."