Bill Text: TX HJR69 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the attorney general to prosecute offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses, and offenses involving insurance fraud or the imposition of the motor fuels tax.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-16 - Filed [HJR69 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HJR69-Introduced.html
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| By: Riddle | H.J.R. No. 69 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the attorney general | ||
| to prosecute offenses against public administration, including | ||
| ethics offenses, and offenses involving insurance fraud or the | ||
| imposition of the motor fuels tax. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article IV, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 22a to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 22a. To the extent provided by general law, the attorney | ||
| general may represent the state in the district and inferior courts | ||
| in the prosecution of criminal and civil offenses classified by law | ||
| as offenses against public administration, including ethics | ||
| offenses, or as offenses involving insurance fraud or the | ||
| imposition of the motor fuels tax. | ||
| SECTION 2. The constitutional amendment proposed by this | ||
| resolution shall be submitted to the voters at the general election | ||
| to be held November 3, 2015. The ballot shall be printed to provide | ||
| for voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional | ||
| amendment permitting the attorney general to prosecute offenses | ||
| against public administration, including ethics offenses, and | ||
| offenses involving insurance fraud or the imposition of the motor | ||
| fuels tax." | ||
