Bill Text: TX HJR165 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing additional powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to candidates for judicial office.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-05-25 - Filed with the Secretary of State [HJR165 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HJR165-Enrolled.html

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H.J.R. No. 165

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment providing additional powers
to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to
candidates for judicial office.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1-a, Article V, Texas Constitution, is
amended by adding Subsection (13-a) to read as follows:
(13-a) The Commission may accept complaints or
reports, conduct investigations, and take any other action
authorized by this section with respect to a candidate for an office
named in Subsection (6)(A) of this section in the same manner the
Commission is authorized to take those actions with respect to a
person holding that office.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing additional
powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to
candidates for judicial office."
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.J.R. No. 165 was passed by the House on May
13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.J.R. No. 165 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
RECEIVED: _____________________
Date
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Secretary of State