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By: Larson, Sheffield H.J.R. No. 117
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide
referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for exempting
this state from daylight saving time or observing daylight saving
time year-round.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 74 to read as follows:
Sec. 74. (a) The legislature by general law may:
(1) hold a statewide referendum that allows the voters
to indicate a preference for either:
(A) exempting the state from daylight saving
time; or
(B) observing daylight saving time year-round;
and
(2) enact a law based on the results of the referendum
exempting the state from daylight saving time or providing for
observing daylight saving time year-round.
(b) A statewide referendum described by Subsection (a) of
this section that is held on the same day as the election on the
constitutional amendment to add this section to this article is
hereby validated.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the state
to conduct a statewide referendum to allow the voters to choose
between exempting the state from daylight saving time and observing
daylight saving time year-round and authorizing the legislature to
enact legislation that gives effect to the option preferred by a
majority of the voters voting in the statewide referendum."