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| 1 | 1 | 88R6051 MZM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Kacal H.J.R. No. 197 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment to allow certain officers to | |
| 7 | 7 | become candidates for an office of profit or trust without | |
| 8 | 8 | automatically resigning from their current office. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 65(a), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, | |
| 11 | 11 | is amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) This section applies to the following offices serving | |
| 13 | 13 | counties with a population of 100,000 or more according to the most | |
| 14 | 14 | recent federal decennial census: District Clerks; County Clerks; | |
| 15 | 15 | County Judges; Judges of the County Courts at Law, County Criminal | |
| 16 | 16 | Courts, County Probate Courts and County Domestic Relations Courts; | |
| 17 | 17 | County Treasurers; Criminal District Attorneys; County Surveyors; | |
| 18 | 18 | County Commissioners; Justices of the Peace; Sheriffs; Assessors | |
| 19 | 19 | and Collectors of Taxes; District Attorneys; County Attorneys; | |
| 20 | 20 | Public Weighers; and Constables. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 22 | 22 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | |
| 23 | 23 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 24 | 24 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment to allow an officer of a | |
| 25 | 25 | county with a population of less than 100,000 to become a candidate | |
| 26 | 26 | for another office without automatically resigning from the | |
| 27 | 27 | currently held office." |