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| 1 | 1 | 85R1096 YDB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dutton H.J.R. No. 20 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the governor from | |
| 7 | 7 | appointing certain prosecuting attorneys to fill a vacancy of a | |
| 8 | 8 | district judge. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 28, Article V, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a-1) To fill a vacancy in the office of a District Judge, | |
| 13 | 13 | the Governor may not appoint a person who within the two years | |
| 14 | 14 | immediately preceding the date of appointment prosecuted any | |
| 15 | 15 | criminal case in a district court as a District Attorney, Criminal | |
| 16 | 16 | District Attorney, County Attorney, or assistant District | |
| 17 | 17 | Attorney, Criminal District Attorney, or County Attorney. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 19 | 19 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. | |
| 20 | 20 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 21 | 21 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the | |
| 22 | 22 | governor from appointing certain prosecuting attorneys to fill a | |
| 23 | 23 | vacancy of a district judge." |