89R14903 GP-D
By: Bumgarner H.J.R. No. 165
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to include the United States
Space Force in references to military service in the state
constitution.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 40(a), Article XVI, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) No person shall hold or exercise at the same time, more
than one civil office of emolument, except that of Justice of the
Peace, County Commissioner, Notary Public and Postmaster, Officer
of the National Guard, the National Guard Reserve, and the Officers
Reserve Corps of the United States and enlisted men of the National
Guard, the National Guard Reserve, and the Organized Reserves of
the United States, and retired officers of the United States Army,
Air Force, Space Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and
retired warrant officers, and retired enlisted men of the United
States Army, Air Force, Space Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast
Guard, and officers and enlisted members of the Texas State Guard
and any other active militia or military force organized under
state law, and the officers and directors of soil and water
conservation districts, unless otherwise specially provided
herein. Provided, that nothing in this Constitution shall be
construed to prohibit an officer or enlisted man of the National
Guard, the National Guard Reserve, the Texas State Guard, and any
other active militia or military force organized under state law,
or an officer in the Officers Reserve Corps of the United States, or
an enlisted man in the Organized Reserves of the United States, or
retired officers of the United States Army, Air Force, Space Force,
Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and retired warrant officers,
and retired enlisted men of the United States Army, Air Force, Space
Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and officers of the
State soil and water conservation districts, from holding at the
same time any other office or position of honor, trust or profit,
under this State or the United States, or from voting at any
election, general, special or primary in this State when otherwise
qualified.
SECTION 2. Section 72(h), Article XVI, Texas Constitution,
is amended to read as follows:
(h) In this section, "armed forces of the United States"
means the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United
States Air Force, the United States Space Force, the United States
Marine Corps, the United States Coast Guard, any reserve or
auxiliary component of any of those services, or the National
Guard.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to include the United
States Space Force in references to military service in the state
constitution."