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Amend CSSB 100 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1) Amend SECTION 5, Subsection (d) of Section 41.0052, Election Code (page 17, line 6) of the bill, after "(a)" insert "or provide for the election of all members of the governing body at the same election" and adjust accordingly.

(2) Amend SECTION 45 of the bill, by striking added Section 21.004, Local Government Code (page 30, line 18 through page 31, line 3), and substituting the following:

Sec. 21.004. CHANGE OF LENGTH OR STAGGERING OF TERMS IN GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. (a) This section applies only to a general-law municipality whose governing body is composed of members that serve:

(1) a term of one or three years; or

(2) staggered terms.

(b) Not later than December 31, 2012, the governing body of the general-law municipality may adopt a resolution:

(1) changing the length of the terms of its members to two years; or

(2) providing for the election of all members of the governing body at the same election.

(c) The resolution must specify the manner in which the transition in the length of terms is made. The transition must begin with the first regular election for members of the governing body that occurs after January 1, 2013, and a member who serves on that date shall serve the remainder of that term.

(d) This section expires January 1, 2016.