84R10252 ATP-D
By: Schofield H.J.R. No. 119
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain elected
county or district officeholders to become candidates for a
countywide office of the same county without automatically
resigning from the office already being held.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 65(b), Article XVI, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
(b) If any of the officers named herein shall announce their
candidacy, or shall in fact become a candidate, in any General,
Special or Primary Election, for any office of profit or trust under
the laws of this State or the United States other than the office
then held or an office of the same county elected by the voters of
the entire county, at any time when the unexpired term of the office
then held shall exceed one year and 30 days, such announcement or
such candidacy shall constitute an automatic resignation of the
office then held, and the vacancy thereby created shall be filled
pursuant to law in the same manner as other vacancies for such
office are filled.
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 authorizing certain
elected county or district officeholders to become candidates for a
countywide office of the same county without automatically
resigning from the office already being held."