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RESOLUTIO
RESOLUTION FILE NO•
-,, WHEREAS, the present Constitution of the State of Texas permits
legislation to be adopted by the State Legislature, which imposes increased
financial demands on Texas cities without such legislation providing a
source or means for the cities to finance-such additional costs; and,
WHEREAS, such State legislation-often affects cities to such a
degree that ad valorem tax rates must be increased by the cities to offset
the costs created by the legislation, thereby causing citizens of the cities
to be more heavily taxed to support the'State-legislative requirements; and,
WHEREAS, the citizens of--Texas recentlyvoted -to approve the
creation of a Constitutional Revision- Commission to-study and prepare a new
Constitution for the State of- Texas for ratification by the State's voters;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Fort Worth that the Constitutional Revision Commission be urged to provide
in the proposed revised Constitution appropriate measures to prohibit the
State Legislature from adopting legislation which- in7any way increases the
cost of operating any City government' in the- State of Texas unless such legis-
lation also includes financing derived from the-revenues of the State of Texas
to completely offset the additional costs imposed by- the legislation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that-copies of this resolution be sent to all
members of the Constitutional Revision Commission, 'all members of the State
Legislature, and the Governor of the State of Texas.
Adopted April 2, 1973
THE STATE OF TEXAS Z
COUNTY OF TARRANT X
I, ROY A. BATEMAN, City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and
correct copy of a Resolution, duly presented and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, at a regular session held on
the 2nd day of April, A. D. 1973, as same appears of record in Council
Minute Book No. E-2, Pages 298 and 299.
WITNESS MY HAND and the Official Seal of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas, this the 10th day of April, A. D. 1973.
C tycretary of the
ty f Fort Worth, Texas