Bill Text: TX HJR71 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Joint Resolution 71 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain judges to become a candidate for another office without automatically resigning from the office already held.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-06 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HJR71 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HJR71-Introduced.html



	By: Canales	H.J.R. No. 71



	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain judges to
	become a candidate for another office without automatically
	resigning from the office already held.
	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: 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 5, 2019.
	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
	proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing certain
	judges to become a candidate for another office without
	automatically resigning from the office already held."