Administer the Statement of Elected Officer and Oath of Office to the Newly Elected Members of the Board of Trustees Presenter: Doree Robinson Description: Each newly-elected trustee will receive a Certificate of Election in the name and by the authority of the State of Texas and issued by the Florence Independent School District. Article XVI, Section 1 of the Texas Constitution requires all elect

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VI.A. Administer the Statement of Elected Officer and Oath of Office to the Newly Elected Members of the Board of Trustees Presenter: Doree Robinson Description: Each newly-elected trustee will receive a Certificate of Election in the name and by the authority of the State of Texas and issued by the Florence Independent School District. Article XVI, Section 1 of the Texas Constitution requires all elected or appointed state and local officers to take the official oath of office found in section 1(a) and to subscribe to the anti-bribery statement found in section 1(b) before entering upon the duties of their offices. Local officers must retain the signed anti-bribery statement with the official records of the office. This directive may also be found in TASB Policy BBBB(LEGAL). The order of events for each newly-elected trustee is as follows: 1. Issuance of Certificate of Election 2. Statement of Officer 3. Oath of Office

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.7/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.