Bill Text: TX HJR147 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of county treasurer of Milam County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-26 - Referred to County Affairs [HJR147 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HJR147-Introduced.html
86R364 DMS-D | ||
By: Wilson | H.J.R. No. 147 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of | ||
county treasurer of Milam County. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 44, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) The office of County Treasurer in Milam County is | ||
abolished. The Commissioners Court of Milam County may employ or | ||
contract with a qualified person or may designate another county | ||
officer to perform any of the functions that would have been | ||
performed by the County Treasurer if the office had not been | ||
abolished. | ||
SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to | ||
the Texas Constitution: | ||
TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) The constitutional amendment | ||
proposed by the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, abolishing | ||
the office of County Treasurer in Milam County takes effect only if, | ||
at the statewide election at which the amendment is submitted to and | ||
approved by the voters, a majority of the voters of Milam County | ||
voting on the question at that election also favor the amendment. | ||
The amendment takes effect January 1, 2020, if the conditions of | ||
this subsection are met. | ||
(b) This temporary provision expires January 2, 2020. | ||
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 5, | ||
2019. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against | ||
the proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the | ||
abolition of the office of county treasurer in Milam County." |