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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment exempting this state from |
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daylight saving time. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 74 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 74. The state, acting under the exemption provisions |
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of Section 3(a), Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. Section |
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260a(a)), is exempt from the provisions of that law that establish |
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daylight saving time. The exemption provided by this section |
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applies to both the portion of the state using central standard time |
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as the official standard time and the portion of the state using |
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mountain standard time as the official standard time. |
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SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to |
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the Texas Constitution: |
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TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies |
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to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021, exempting this state from the provisions of |
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federal law that establish daylight saving time. |
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(b) The constitutional amendment takes effect March 1, |
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2022. |
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(c) This temporary provision takes effect on the adoption of |
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the constitutional amendment by the voters and expires September 1, |
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2022. |
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SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment exempting this state |
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from daylight saving time." |