Bill Text: TX HJR98 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment specifying the authority of the attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense prescribed by the election laws of this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR98 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR98-Introduced.html
  88R232 TSS-D
 
  By: Tinderholt H.J.R. No. 98
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment specifying the authority of
  the attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense prescribed by
  the election laws of this state.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 22, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 22.  (a) The Attorney General shall represent the State
  in all suits and pleas in the Supreme Court of the State in which the
  State may be a party, and shall especially inquire into the charter
  rights of all private corporations, and from time to time, in the
  name of the State, take such action in the courts as may be proper
  and necessary to prevent any private corporation from exercising
  any power or demanding or collecting any species of taxes, tolls,
  freight or wharfage not authorized by law. The Attorney General
  [He] shall, whenever sufficient cause exists, seek a judicial
  forfeiture of such charters, unless otherwise expressly directed by
  law, and give legal advice in writing to the Governor and other
  executive officers, when requested by them, and perform such other
  duties as may be required by law.
         (b)  The Attorney General shall have concurrent jurisdiction
  with each county or district attorney of this State to represent
  this State in the prosecution of a criminal offense prescribed by
  the election laws of this State.
         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 provide for voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment specifying the
  authority of the attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense
  prescribed by the election laws of this state."
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