| 1 | | - | H.J.R. No. 134 |
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| 1 | + | By: Bonnen, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Middleton) H.J.R. No. 134 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2023; |
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| 3 | + | May 11, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local |
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| 4 | + | Government; May 12, 2023, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | + | vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 12, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 5 | 10 | | proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of |
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| 6 | 11 | | county treasurer of Galveston County. |
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| 7 | 12 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 44, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 9 | 14 | | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 15 | | (d) The office of County Treasurer in Galveston County is |
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| 11 | 16 | | abolished. The Commissioners Court of Galveston County may employ |
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| 12 | 17 | | or contract with a qualified person or may designate another county |
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| 13 | 18 | | officer to perform any of the functions that would have been |
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| 14 | 19 | | performed by the County Treasurer if the office had not been |
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| 15 | 20 | | abolished. |
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| 16 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to |
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| 17 | 22 | | the Texas Constitution: |
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| 18 | 23 | | TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) The constitutional amendment |
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| 19 | 24 | | proposed by the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, abolishing |
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| 20 | 25 | | the office of County Treasurer in Galveston County takes effect |
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| 21 | 26 | | only if, at the statewide election at which the amendment is |
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| 22 | 27 | | submitted to and approved by the voters, a majority of the voters of |
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| 23 | 28 | | Galveston County voting on the question at that election also favor |
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| 24 | 29 | | the amendment. The amendment takes effect January 1, 2024, if the |
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| 25 | 30 | | conditions of this subsection are met. |
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| 26 | 31 | | (b) This temporary provision expires January 2, 2024. |
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| 27 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 28 | 33 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 7, |
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| 29 | 34 | | 2023. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against |
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| 30 | 35 | | the proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the |
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| 31 | 36 | | abolition of the office of county treasurer in Galveston County." |
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| 32 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 33 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 34 | | - | I certify that H.J.R. No. 134 was passed by the House on May |
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| 35 | | - | 10, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 106, Nays 32, 3 present, not |
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| 36 | | - | voting. |
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| 37 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 39 | | - | I certify that H.J.R. No. 134 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 40 | | - | 16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. |
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| 41 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 43 | | - | RECEIVED: _____________________ |
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| 44 | | - | Date |
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| 45 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 46 | | - | Secretary of State |
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| 37 | + | * * * * * |
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