By: Campbell S.J.R. No. 58
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2021; March 24, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
May 21, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 1; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit a person from
being placed on a ballot as a candidate for public office if the
person has an outstanding financial obligation payable to the Texas
Ethics Commission.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 2-a to read as follows:
Sec. 2-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
constitution, a person is ineligible to be placed on a ballot as a
candidate for public office if on the date the person files to be
placed on the ballot the person has an outstanding financial
obligation payable to the Texas Ethics Commission.
SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to
the Texas Constitution:
TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies
to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 87th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2021, to prohibit a person from being placed on a
ballot as a candidate for public office if the person has an
outstanding financial obligation payable to the Texas Ethics
Commission.
(b) Section 2-a, Article XVI, of this constitution takes
effect January 1, 2022, and applies only to an election the filing
period for which begins on or after that date.
(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting a person
from being placed on a ballot as a candidate for public office if
the person has an outstanding financial obligation payable to the
Texas Ethics Commission."
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