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| 1 | 1 | 85R9405 EES-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Krause H.J.R. No. 95 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to own, | |
| 7 | 7 | hold, and use any mutually agreed upon medium of exchange. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | adding Section 35 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 35. The right of the people to own, hold, and use a | |
| 12 | 12 | mutually agreed upon medium of exchange, including cash, coin, | |
| 13 | 13 | bullion, digital currency, or scrip, when trading and contracting | |
| 14 | 14 | for goods and services shall not be infringed. No government shall | |
| 15 | 15 | prohibit or encumber the ownership or holding of any form or amount | |
| 16 | 16 | of money or other currency. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 18 | 18 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. | |
| 19 | 19 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 20 | 20 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment recognizing the right | |
| 21 | 21 | of the people to own, hold, and use a mutually agreed upon medium of | |
| 22 | 22 | exchange, including cash, coin, bullion, digital currency, or | |
| 23 | 23 | privately issued scrip." |