Bill Text: TX HJR197 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow certain officers to become candidates for an office of profit or trust without automatically resigning from their current office.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-24 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR197 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR197-Introduced.html

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88R6051 MZM-D
By: Kacal H.J.R. No. 197

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to allow certain officers to
become candidates for an office of profit or trust without
automatically resigning from their current office.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 65(a), Article XVI, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) This section applies to the following offices serving
counties with a population of 100,000 or more according to the most
recent federal decennial census: District Clerks; County Clerks;
County Judges; Judges of the County Courts at Law, County Criminal
Courts, County Probate Courts and County Domestic Relations Courts;
County Treasurers; Criminal District Attorneys; County Surveyors;
County Commissioners; Justices of the Peace; Sheriffs; Assessors
and Collectors of Taxes; District Attorneys; County Attorneys;
Public Weighers; and Constables.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to allow an officer of a
county with a population of less than 100,000 to become a candidate
for another office without automatically resigning from the
currently held office."