STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance and Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: March 24, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: City Secretary’s Office
EXECUTIVE: Bilierae Johnson
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SUBJECT
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An ordinance correcting Ordinance No. 31772, passed by the Dallas City Council on February 10, 2021; correcting proposition labels, capitalization, and punctuation in proposition language - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
Ordinance No. 31772 labeled the two charter amendment propositions on the ballot as Proposition 1 and Proposition 2. Texas Election Code, Section 52.095, “Propositions,” requires that the authority ordering the election shall assign a letter of the alphabet to the measure that corresponds to its order on the ballot. This ordinance corrects the proposition labels to read Proposition A and Proposition B in compliance with the Texas Election Code.
The ordinance also corrects the Spanish translation in Proposition A by adding an inverted question mark used to begin an interrogatory sentence and capitalizing the word “capítulo.”
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On February 10, 2021, City Council authorized an ordinance ordering a special election to be held on May 1, 2021, for the purpose of making charter amendments relating to qualifications for certain boards and commissions.
FISCAL INFORMATION
No cost consideration to the City.