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

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

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

Download: Texas-2019-HJR71-Introduced.html

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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."