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'I~'I,n <br />~,~ <br />,~ <br />9. i~' <br />AN AMENDMENT CON~i,I <br />PROCEDURES WI's ADO' <br />RMING REPEAL <br />ION PROCEDURES <br />~; <br />Law To Adoat Civil Service <br />~ ~' A city may adopt civil service under Section ~'43.004(b) if the city council <br />~ petition requesting an election signed by lq;,percent of the number of ~ <br />ii ,; voted in the most recent municipal election.'',I.The resulting election is de <br />majority of those voting. <br />~~~~ Law To Repeal ('ivil Service ''~,~N <br />~~, <br />j If the voters wish to repeal civil service, the `~tition must be signed by 10 <br />~ u all the qualified voters in the city. In or 'fir for the repeal effort to <br />majority of all qualified voters in the city mint vote for the repeal. <br />G <br />This amendment would allow voters to petition for repeal of civil service <br />same number of signatures with which the voters can petition to adopt ci <br />The amendment would also provide that thy' election for repeal shall be d' 'c <br />a majority of those voting. ~~ ; ',I~~ <br />~. <br />Reasons for Pro~.osed Change <br />Since the Civil Service Act was enacted by II~he Legislature in 1947, pearl <br />have adopted the civil service statute by el "',~tion. Since that time, the ci <br />statute has been amended numerous times Into include many more provi <br />~~ had been originally approved by the voters. ,' ~!~~ <br />{' What was initially adopted by cities as the civil Service Act is not what! <br />living with today. Therefore, voters should '+~ able to petition and vote to ~ <br />'; city's adoption of civil service if the syst.;~n no longer meets the nee~'° <br />j~ expectations of the citizens in the communit~+', <br />~i ~~ , ii^ <br />F~ <br />f~ <br />~~ <br />fives a <br />~ who <br />ibya <br />;nt of <br />ed, a <br />vith the <br />service. <br />sided by <br />~ cities <br />service <br />is than <br />ties are <br />peal the <br />or the <br />