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| 1 | 1 | 87R5960 YDB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Patterson H.J.R. No. 85 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment to prevent certain public | |
| 7 | 7 | officers and entities from prohibiting the operation of industries | |
| 8 | 8 | or other categories of business or commercial activity in this | |
| 9 | 9 | state. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by | |
| 12 | 12 | adding Section 35 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 35. An agency or officer of the executive department of | |
| 14 | 14 | this state, a political subdivision of this state, or an officer of | |
| 15 | 15 | a political subdivision of this state may not prohibit the | |
| 16 | 16 | operation of an industry or other category of business or | |
| 17 | 17 | commercial activity otherwise legally operating in this state. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 19 | 19 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. | |
| 20 | 20 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 21 | 21 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment to prevent an agency or | |
| 22 | 22 | officer of the executive department of this state, a political | |
| 23 | 23 | subdivision of this state, or an officer of a political subdivision | |
| 24 | 24 | of this state from prohibiting the operation of a legally operating | |
| 25 | 25 | industry or other category of business or commercial activity in | |
| 26 | 26 | this state." |