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| 1 | 1 | 81R5388 ESH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Miller of Erath H.J.R. No. 46 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the attorney general | |
| 7 | 7 | to prosecute certain offenses arising under the campaign finance | |
| 8 | 8 | laws of this state. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Article IV, Texas Constitution, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Section 22a to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 22a. To the extent provided by general law, the | |
| 13 | 13 | attorney general may represent the state in the district and | |
| 14 | 14 | inferior courts in the prosecution of criminal and civil offenses | |
| 15 | 15 | that: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) arise under the campaign finance laws of this | |
| 17 | 17 | state; and | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) are alleged to have been committed in connection | |
| 19 | 19 | with: | |
| 20 | 20 | (A) an election for or the holding of state | |
| 21 | 21 | office; or | |
| 22 | 22 | (B) an election on a constitutional amendment. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. The constitutional amendment proposed by this | |
| 24 | 24 | resolution shall be submitted to the voters at the general election | |
| 25 | 25 | to be held November 3, 2009. The ballot shall be printed to permit | |
| 26 | 26 | voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional | |
| 27 | 27 | amendment permitting the attorney general to prosecute offenses | |
| 28 | 28 | that arise under the campaign finance laws of this state and that | |
| 29 | 29 | are alleged to have been committed in connection with a state office | |
| 30 | 30 | or an election on a constitutional amendment." |