By: Middleton S.J.R. No. 28
(In the Senate - Filed January 12, 2023; February 15, 2023,
read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;
March 29, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; March 29, 2023, sent to printer.)
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of
county treasurer of Galveston County.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 44, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The office of County Treasurer in Galveston County is
abolished. The Commissioners Court of Galveston County may employ
or contract with a qualified person or may designate another county
officer to perform any of the functions that would have been
performed by the County Treasurer if the office had not been
abolished.
SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to
the Texas Constitution:
TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) The constitutional amendment
proposed by the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, abolishing
the office of County Treasurer in Galveston County takes effect
only if, at the statewide election at which the amendment is
submitted to and approved by the voters, a majority of the voters of
Galveston County voting on the question at that election also favor
the amendment. The amendment takes effect January 1, 2024, if the
conditions of this subsection are met.
(b) This temporary provision expires January 2, 2024.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 7,
2023. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against
the proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the
abolition of the office of county treasurer in Galveston County."
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