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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2004-093-A
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<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
<br />PARIS, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE RETURNS FOR THE MAY 15, 2004,
<br />CITY-WIDE SPECIAL ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF EXEMPTING
<br />THE CITY OF PARIS AND THE PARIS FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF AND
<br />RETIREMENT FUND FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE
<br />REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE XVI, SECTION 66 OF THE TEXAS
<br />CONSTITUTION, ENTITLED "PROTECTED BENEFITS UNDER
<br />CERTAIN PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS;" MAKING OTHER
<br />FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND
<br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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<br />WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Texas, by adoption of House Joint Resolution
<br />No. 54, provided for submittal of a new Article XVI, Section 66 to the Texas Constitution to the
<br />electorate of the State of Texas; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the aforesaid Article XVI, Section 66 to the Texas Constitution was adopted
<br />by a majority vote of the electorate of the State of Texas; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, as a consequence of the adoption of said Article XVI, Section 66 to the Texas
<br />Constitution, entitled "Protected Benefits Under Certain Public Retirement Systems," the Paris
<br />Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund would be subject to the provisions of said Article XVI,
<br />Section 66; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, Article XVI, Section 66 authorized the City Council of the City of Paris, as
<br />a political subdivision governed by said constitutional provision with a retirement system falling
<br />under said constitutional provision, to seek exemption from the provisions of Article XVI, Section
<br />66 by submitting the issue of said exemption to the voters of the City Paris; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, Article XVI, Section 66 provides that any such election seeking exemption
<br />must be held on May 15, 2004; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, did on the 9th day of
<br />February, 2004, by Resolution No. 2004-022 order a special city-wide municipal election for the
<br />City of Paris to be held on the 15th day of May, 2004, by all of the qualified voters of the City of
<br />Paris, to consider a proposition on the question of exempting the City of Paris and the Paris
<br />Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund from the application of Article XVI, Section 66 of the
<br />Texas Constitution, entitled "Protected Benefits Under Certain Public Retirement Systems;" and,
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<br />WHEREAS, again pursuant to prior Resolution No. 2004-022, an election was held by
<br />the City of Paris to enable the qualified voters of the City of Paris, Texas, on the 15th day of May,
<br />2004, to vote for or against the aforesaid proposition on the question of exempting the City of
<br />Paris and the Paris Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund from the application of the
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