By: Taylor of Galveston S.J.R. No. 54       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION         proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a municipal   charter amendment election to be held on certain election dates.          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 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.  An election to amend a charter may be held on an election   date prescribed by the Legislature.  If the number of inhabitants of   cities that have adopted or amended their charters under this   section is reduced to 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 Furthermore, no city charter shall be   altered, amended or repealed oftener than every two years, except   that a subsequent charter election may be held on a date prescribed   by the Legislature even if that date falls a number of days short of   two years.          SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be   submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.   The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the   proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing a   municipal charter amendment election to be held on an election date   prescribed by the legislature."