86R364 DMS-D
By: Wilson H.J.R. No. 147
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of
county treasurer of Milam County.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 44, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The office of County Treasurer in Milam County is
abolished. The Commissioners Court of Milam County may employ or
contract with a qualified person or may designate another county
officer to perform any of the functions that would have been
performed by the County Treasurer if the office had not been
abolished.
SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to
the Texas Constitution:
TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) The constitutional amendment
proposed by the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, abolishing
the office of County Treasurer in Milam County takes effect only if,
at the statewide election at which the amendment is submitted to and
approved by the voters, a majority of the voters of Milam County
voting on the question at that election also favor the amendment.
The amendment takes effect January 1, 2020, if the conditions of
this subsection are met.
(b) This temporary provision expires January 2, 2020.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 5,
2019. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against
the proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the
abolition of the office of county treasurer in Milam County."