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<br />RESOLUTION NO.2004-022 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, ORDERING A CITY-WIDE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE <br />HELD IN THE CITY OF PARIS ON THE THIRD SATURDAY IN MAY <br />2004, THE SAME BEING THE 15TH DAY OF MAY 2004, BETWEEN THE <br />HOURS OF 7:00 O'CLOCK A.M. AND 7:00 O'CLOCK P.M., ON THE <br />QUESTION OF EXEMPTING THE CITY OF PARIS AND THE PARIS <br />FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF AND RETIREMENT FUND FROM THE <br />APPLICATION OF ARTICLE XVI, SECTION 66 OF THE TEXAS <br />CONSTITUTION, ENTITLED "PROTECTED BENEFITS UNDER <br />CERTAIN PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS"; PRESCRIBING THE <br />FORM OF THE BALLOT; PERMITTING ONLY RESIDENT QUALIFIED <br />VOTERS TO VOTE; PROVIDING FOR EARLY VOTING; PROVIDING <br />FOR AN EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE <br />OF THE ELECTION; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS <br />RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <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, <br /> <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, <br /> <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, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, by virtue of falling under said constitutional provision, the City Council of <br />the City of Paris, following the effective date of said provision, is prohibited in making a change <br />to the service or disability retirement benefits or death benefits for the Paris Firefighters Relief and <br />Retirement Fund which would result in a reduction of or otherwise impair benefits available to a <br />person covered by said retirement fund; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Article XVI, Section 66 authorizes 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 of Paris; and, <br /> <br />-1- <br />