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1	1	88R42 SGM-D
2	2	By: Rogers H.J.R. No. 70
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5	5	A JOINT RESOLUTION
6	6	proposing a constitutional amendment requiring payment of child
7	7	support to be eligible to hold certain public elective offices.
8	8	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 6, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
10	10	amended to read as follows:
11	11	Sec. 6. To be eligible to be [No person shall be] a Senator,
12	12	a person must:
13	13	(1) [unless he] be a citizen of the United States;
14	14	(2) be, [and,] at the time of the person's [his]
15	15	election or appointment, a qualified voter of this State;
16	16	(3) [, and shall] have been a resident of this State
17	17	for the five years [next] preceding the [his] election or
18	18	appointment;
19	19	(4) have been [, and the last year thereof] a resident
20	20	of the district for which the person would serve as a Senator for
21	21	the year preceding the election or appointment;
22	22	(5) be at least 26 [he shall be chosen, and shall have
23	23	attained the age of twenty-six] years of age; and
24	24	(6) have paid all child support due and payable by the
25	25	person unless:
26	26	(A) the person has made all due payments under a
27	27	payment plan; or
28	28	(B) the child support due is being contested or
29	29	negotiated.
30	30	SECTION 2. Section 7, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
31	31	amended to read as follows:
32	32	Sec. 7. To be eligible to be [No person shall be] a
33	33	Representative, a person must:
34	34	(1) [unless he] be a citizen of the United States;
35	35	(2) be, [and,] at the time of the person's [his]
36	36	election or appointment, a qualified voter of this State;
37	37	(3) [, and shall] have been a resident of this State
38	38	for the two years [next] preceding the [his] election or
39	39	appointment;
40	40	(4) have been [, the last year thereof] a resident of
41	41	the district for which the person would serve as a Representative
42	42	for the year preceding the election or appointment;
43	43	(5) be at least 21 [he shall be chosen, and shall have
44	44	attained the age of twenty-one] years of age; and
45	45	(6) have paid all child support due and payable by the
46	46	person unless:
47	47	(A) the person has made all due payments under a
48	48	payment plan; or
49	49	(B) the child support due is being contested or
50	50	negotiated.
51	51	SECTION 3. Section 4, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is
52	52	amended to read as follows:
53	53	Sec. 4. The Governor elected at the general election [in
54	54	1974, and thereafter,] shall be installed on the first Tuesday
55	55	after the organization of the Legislature, or as soon thereafter as
56	56	practicable, and shall hold that [his] office for the term of four
57	57	years, or until the Governor's [his] successor shall be duly
58	58	installed. To be eligible to be Governor, a person must:
59	59	(1) [He shall] be at least thirty years of age;
60	60	(2) be [,] a citizen of the United States;
61	61	(3) have been a resident of [, and shall have resided
62	62	in] this State for the [at least] five years immediately preceding
63	63	the [his] election; and
64	64	(4) have paid all child support due and payable by the
65	65	person unless:
66	66	(A) the person has made all due payments under a
67	67	payment plan; or
68	68	(B) the child support due is being contested or
69	69	negotiated.
70	70	SECTION 4. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
71	71	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
72	72	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
73	73	proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring payment of
74	74	child support to be eligible to hold the office of state
75	75	representative, state senator, or governor."