Bill Text: TX HJR54 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring payment of child support to be eligible to hold certain public elective offices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Referred to Elections [HJR54 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HJR54-Introduced.html
88R2030 SGM-D | ||
By: Rogers | H.J.R. No. 54 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment requiring payment of child | ||
support to be eligible to hold certain public elective offices. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 6, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 6. To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or | ||
appointed to, the office of [ |
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must: | ||
(1) [ |
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(2) be, [ |
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election or appointment, a qualified voter of this State; | ||
(3) [ |
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for the five years [ |
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appointment; | ||
(4) have been [ |
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of the district for which the person would serve as a Senator for | ||
the year preceding the election or appointment; | ||
(5) be at least 26 [ |
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(6) have paid all child support due and payable by the | ||
person unless: | ||
(A) the person has made all due payments under a | ||
payment plan; or | ||
(B) the child support due is being contested or | ||
negotiated. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 7, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 7. To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or | ||
appointed to, the office of [ |
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person must: | ||
(1) [ |
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(2) be, [ |
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election or appointment, a qualified voter of this State; | ||
(3) [ |
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for the two years [ |
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appointment; | ||
(4) have been [ |
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the district for which the person would serve as a Representative | ||
for the year preceding the election or appointment; | ||
(5) be at least 21 [ |
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(6) have paid all child support due and payable by the | ||
person unless: | ||
(A) the person has made all due payments under a | ||
payment plan; or | ||
(B) the child support due is being contested or | ||
negotiated. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 4, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 4. The Governor elected at the general election [ |
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after the organization of the Legislature, or as soon thereafter as | ||
practicable, and shall hold that [ |
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years, or until the Governor's [ |
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installed. To be eligible to be a candidate for or elected to the | ||
office of Governor, a person must: | ||
(1) [ |
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(2) be [ |
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(3) have been a resident of [ |
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the [ |
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(4) have paid all child support due and payable by the | ||
person unless: | ||
(A) the person has made all due payments under a | ||
payment plan; or | ||
(B) the child support due is being contested or | ||
negotiated. | ||
SECTION 4. 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 requiring payment of | ||
child support to be eligible to hold certain public elective | ||
offices." |