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