| 1 | 1 | | 2019S0320-1 03/01/19 |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bettencourt S.J.R. No. 59 |
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| 5 | 5 | | JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | proposing a constitutional amendment abolishing daylight saving |
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| 7 | 7 | | time in Texas. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | adding Section 74 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 74. The state, acting under the exemption provisions |
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| 12 | 12 | | of Section 3(a), Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. Section 260a |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a)), is exempt from the provisions of that law that establish |
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| 14 | 14 | | daylight saving time. The exemption provided by this section |
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| 15 | 15 | | applies to both the portion of the state using central standard time |
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| 16 | 16 | | as the official standard time and the portion of the state using |
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| 17 | 17 | | mountain standard time as the official standard time. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to |
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| 19 | 19 | | the Texas Constitution: |
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| 20 | 20 | | TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies |
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| 21 | 21 | | to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 86th Legislature, |
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| 22 | 22 | | Regular Session, 2019, to abolish daylight saving time in Texas. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) The constitutional amendment takes effect November 1, |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2020, to coincide with the end of daylight saving time for 2020. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) This temporary provision takes effect on the adoption of |
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| 26 | 26 | | the constitutional amendment by the voters and expires January 1, |
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| 27 | 27 | | 2021. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 29 | 29 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. |
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| 30 | 30 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 31 | 31 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment abolishing daylight |
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| 32 | 32 | | saving time in Texas." |
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