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Garland, Texas, Proposition Z, Plan Commission (May 2018)

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Local ballot measure elections in 2018
Proposition Z: Garland Plan Commission
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The basics
Election date:
May 5, 2018
Status:
Approveda Approved
Topic:
City governance
Related articles
City governance on the ballot
May 5, 2018 ballot measures in Texas
Dallas County, Texas ballot measures
Local charter amendments on the ballot
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Garland, Texas

A city charter amendment was on the ballot for Garland voters in Dallas County, Texas, on May 5, 2018. It was approved.

A yes vote was a vote in favor of amending the city charter to remove the property ownership requirement to be a member of the plan commission and replacing it with a residency requirement
A no vote was a vote against amending the city charter to replace the property ownership requirement to be a member of the plan commission with a residency requirement

Election results

Garland Proposition Z
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes 3555 66%
No180234%
Election results from NBC DFW

Text of measure

Ballot question

The ballot question was as follows:[1]

Shall Article XI, Section 1, of the Charter relating to the requirements to be a member of the Plan Commission be amended by deleting the real property ownership requirement to serve as a member and substituting it with a residency requirement?[2]

Full text

The full text of the measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Texas

This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Garland, Texas.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Dallas County, Texas, "May 5, 2018, Joint Election Sample Ballot," accessed October 15, 2018
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.