Bill Text: TX SJR52 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment repealing the requirement that state officers elected by voters statewide reside in the state capital.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-05-29 - Filed with the Secretary of State [SJR52 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SJR52-Enrolled.html
S.J.R. No. 52 |
proposing a constitutional amendment repealing the requirement | ||
that state officers elected by voters statewide reside in the state | ||
capital. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 23, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 23. The Comptroller of Public Accounts, the | ||
Commissioner of the General Land Office, the Attorney General, and | ||
any statutory State officer who is elected by the electorate of | ||
Texas at large, unless a term of office is otherwise specifically | ||
provided in this Constitution, shall each hold office for the term | ||
of four years. Each shall receive an annual salary in an amount to | ||
be fixed by the Legislature[ |
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may be required by law. They and the Secretary of State shall not | ||
receive to their own use any fees, costs or perquisites of office. | ||
All fees that may be payable by law for any service performed by any | ||
officer specified in this section or in the officer's [ |
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shall be paid, when received, into the State Treasury. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment repealing the | ||
requirement that state officers elected by voters statewide reside | ||
in the state capital." | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 52 was adopted by the Senate | ||
on April 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 52 was adopted by the House | ||
on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 102, Nays 43, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||