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Citizens’ Adbocate • COMMUNITY • September 23, 2005
North Lake College to
Hold Coppell Community
Forum Regarding Campus
photo by Jane Moore
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From left, Coppell Mayor Doug Stover, CISD Board President
Kathie Gautille and North Lake College Chancellor Dr. Jesus
"Jess" Carreon join in the sign unveiling Tuesday for the new
North Lake College Campus in Coppell. The campus is set to
open in 2007.
Library to Sponsor Interior Design Program
North Lake College, a mem-
ber of the Dallas County Com-
munity College system, is host-
ing a Coppell community forum
to discuss the college's new cam-
pus — North Lake College
North (NLC North). The forum
will take place on Thursday, Sep-
tember 29,7:00 p.m., in the Lec-
ture Hall of Coppell High
School. The public is invited.
The property for the future
campus is located at the south-
east corner of State Highway 121
and Sandy Lake Road in Cop-
pell. The site will provide signifi-
cant exposure because of the
growing population in that area.
Dr. Jesus "Jess" Carreon, the
system's chancellor, said, "We
are very excited, and we look for-
ward to working with local gov-
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member of the Dallas County
Community College system.
Educational opportunities are
offered by the Dallas County
Community College system
without regard to race, color,
age, national origin, religion, sex
or sexual orientation. Call 972-
273-3005 for information, or
visit www.northlakecollege.edu.
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Coppell Reference: 972-897-8665
214-727-0370 (cell)
The William T. Cozby Pub-
lic Library, 177 N. Heartz Rd.,
will host a free program called
"Accessorizing to Reflect Your
Personal Style" on Saturday,
October 1, at 10:00 a.m. Par-
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PROPOSITION 1 (HJR 54)
HJR 54 would create a Texas rail relo-
cation and improvement fund in the
state treasury and would authorize
grants of state revenue and issuance of
public debt to relocate, rehabilitate, and
expand privately and publicly owned
passenger and freight rail facilities and
to construct railroad underpasses and
overpasses.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows: “The constitu-
tional amendment creating the Texas
rail relocation and improvement
fund and authorizing grants of
money and issuance of obligations for
financing the relocation, rehabilita-
tion, and expansion of rail facilities.”
PROPOSITION 2 (HJR 6)
HJR 6 would provide that marriage in
Texas is solely the union of a man and
woman, and that the state and its politi-
cal subdivisions could not create or rec-
ognize any legal status identical to or
similar to marriage, including such
legal status relationships created out-
side of Texas.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows: “The constitu-
tional amendment providing that
marriage in this state consists only of
the union of one man and one woman
and prohibiting this state or a politi-
cal subdivision of this state from cre-
ating or recognizing any legal status
identical or similar to marriage.”
PROPOSITION 3 (HJR 80)
HJR 80 would provide that local eco-
nomic development program loans or
grants (other than debts secured by a
pledge of ad valorem taxes or financed
by die issuance of any bonds or other
obligations payable from ad valorem
taxes) do not constitute or create debt.
Any provision of state constitutional
law that may prohibit or limit the
authority of a political subdivision of
the state to incur debt does not apply to
those loans or grants.
The proposition will appear on the bal-
lot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment clarifying that certain
economic development programs do
not constitute a debt”
ticipants can learn how to pull
together their personal decor
through accessorizing and create
an interior that is uniquely for
them, said a library spokesper-
son.
Police Accepting Used Cell Phones
The Coppell Police Depart-
ment is accepting used cell
phones to benefit the Texas Spe-
cial Olympics. Bring old cell
PUBLIC NOTICE
BRIEF EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS OF PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
SPECIAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 8, 2005
PROPOSITION 4 (SJR 17)
SJR 17 would authorize a district judge
to deny reinstatement of bail or new bail
to a person accused of a felony, if the
person’s bail had been revoked or for-
feited as a result of the person’s viola-
tion of a condition of release related to
the safety of a victim of the alleged
offense or to the safety of the communi-
ty.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows: “The constitu-
tional amendment authorizing the
denial of bail to a criminal defendant
who violates a condition of the defen-
dant’s release pending trial.”
PROPOSITION 5 (SJR 21)
SJR 21 would authorize the Legislature
to exempt commercial loans from state
usury laws that set maximum interest
rates. “Commercial loans” are loans
made primarily for business, commer-
cial, investment, agricultural, or similar
purposes and not primarily for personal,
family, or household purposes.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows: “The consti-
tutional amendment allowing the leg-
islature to define rates of interest for
commercial loans.”
PROPOSITION 6 (HJR 87)
HJR 87 would increase the size of the
State Commission on Judicial Conduct
from eleven to thirteen members by
increasing from four to five the number
of public members and by adding a con-
stitutional county court judge. The
additions would ensure that the com-
mission has an odd number of mem-
bers, which is required by another pro-
vision of the state constitution.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows: “The constitu-
tional amendment to include one
additional public member and a con-
stitutional county court judge in the
membership of the State Commission
on Judicial Conduct.”
PROPOSITION 7 (SJR 7)
SJR 7 would authorize new options for
reverse mortgage agreements for senior
homeowners allowing them to draw
advances at unscheduled intervals, if
and when needed, and only in the
Guest speaker will be An-
drea Krolick, of Andrea Krolick
Custom Interiors.
Space is limited. To make
reservations, call the Informa-
tion Desk at 972-304-3658.
phones to the Coppell Justice
Center, 130 Town Center Blvd.,
and place the phones in the col-
lection box located in the foyer.
amounts needed, during the loan term.
These are in addition to options that
would allow' a lump sum payment after
settlement or regular periodic, predeter-
mined equal amounts over a term of
years or the lifetime of the homeowner.
Additionally, SJR 7 would: (1) prohibit
the agreement from requiring the use of
a credit card, debit card or similar
device to obtain an advance; (2) prohib-
it the charge or collection of a transac-
tion fee solely in connection with any
debit or advance, after the time the
extension of credit is established; and
(3) prohibit the lender or holder from
unilaterally amending the extension of
credit.
The proposition will appear on the bal-
lot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment authorizing line-of-cred-
it advances under a reverse mort-
gage.”
PROPOSITION 8 (SJR 40)
SJR 40 would clear individual land
titles by relinquishing and releasing all
claims of state ownership interests,
including mineral interests, in two local
areas, namely, a roughly 4,600 acre area
located roughly 14 miles southeast of
Gilmer, Texas, and a separate 900 acre
area located north of Tyler, Texas.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows: “The constitu-
tional amendment providing for the
clearing of land titles by relinquish-
ing and releasing any state claim to
sovereign ownership or title to inter-
est in certain land in Upshur County
and in Smith County.”
PROPOSITION 9 (HJR 79)
HJR 79 would authorize the Legislature
to provide staggered six year terms of
office for board members serving on
regional mobility authorities, with no
more than one-third of the board posi-
tions being appointed every two years.
The proposition will appear on the bal-
lot as follows: “The constitutional
amendment authorizing the legisla-
ture to provide for a six-year term for
a board member of a regional mobil-
ity authority.”
Published by Secretary of State Roger
Williams, www.sos.state.tx.us, 1.800.
252.8683.
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