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| 1 | 1 | By: Canales H.J.R. No. 71 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 5 | 5 | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain judges to | |
| 6 | 6 | become a candidate for another office without automatically | |
| 7 | 7 | resigning from the office already held. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 65(a), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, | |
| 10 | 10 | is amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) This section applies to the following offices: District | |
| 12 | 12 | Clerks; County Clerks; County Judges; [Judges of the County Courts | |
| 13 | 13 | at Law, County Criminal Courts, County Probate Courts and County | |
| 14 | 14 | Domestic Relations Courts]; County Treasurers; Criminal District | |
| 15 | 15 | Attorneys; County Surveyors; County Commissioners; Justices of the | |
| 16 | 16 | Peace; Sheriffs; Assessors and Collectors of Taxes; District | |
| 17 | 17 | Attorneys; County Attorneys; Public Weighers; and Constables. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 19 | 19 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. | |
| 20 | 20 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 21 | 21 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing certain | |
| 22 | 22 | judges to become a candidate for another office without | |
| 23 | 23 | automatically resigning from the office already held." |