| 1 | 1 | | 89R14672 MPF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Shaheen H.J.R. No. 191 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | proposing a constitutional amendment requiring automatic |
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| 9 | 9 | | resignation of a city council member or member of the board of |
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| 10 | 10 | | trustees of a school district who becomes a candidate for the |
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| 11 | 11 | | legislature or the United States Congress. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 11, Article XI, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a-1) A city council member serving any length of term of |
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| 16 | 16 | | office is subject to Section 65(b), Article XVI, of this |
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| 17 | 17 | | constitution, in the same manner as a county or district officer to |
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| 18 | 18 | | which that section applies, if the member announces the member's |
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| 19 | 19 | | candidacy in an election for the Texas Senate, Texas House of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Representatives, or United States Congress. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 65, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 22 | 22 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | Sec. 65. (a) This section applies to the following |
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| 24 | 24 | | offices: District Clerks; County Clerks; County Judges; Judges of |
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| 25 | 25 | | the County Courts at Law, County Criminal Courts, County Probate |
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| 26 | 26 | | Courts and County Domestic Relations Courts; County Treasurers; |
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| 27 | 27 | | Criminal District Attorneys; County Surveyors; County |
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| 28 | 28 | | Commissioners; Justices of the Peace; Sheriffs; Assessors and |
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| 29 | 29 | | Collectors of Taxes; District Attorneys; County Attorneys; Public |
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| 30 | 30 | | Weighers; [and] Constables; and Members of the Board of Trustees of |
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| 31 | 31 | | a School District. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, if |
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| 33 | 33 | | [If] any of the officers named herein shall announce their |
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| 34 | 34 | | candidacy, or shall in fact become a candidate, in any General, |
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| 35 | 35 | | Special or Primary Election, for any office of profit or trust under |
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| 36 | 36 | | the laws of this State or the United States other than the office |
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| 37 | 37 | | then held, at any time when the unexpired term of the office then |
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| 38 | 38 | | held shall exceed one year and 30 days, such announcement or such |
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| 39 | 39 | | candidacy shall constitute an automatic resignation of the office |
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| 40 | 40 | | then held, and the vacancy thereby created shall be filled pursuant |
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| 41 | 41 | | to law in the same manner as other vacancies for such office are |
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| 42 | 42 | | filled. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (c) A member of the board of trustees of a school district is |
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| 44 | 44 | | only subject to Subsection (b) of this section if the member |
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| 45 | 45 | | announces the member's candidacy in an election for the Texas |
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| 46 | 46 | | Senate, Texas House of Representatives, or United States Congress. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 48 | 48 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025. |
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| 49 | 49 | | The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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| 50 | 50 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring automatic |
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| 51 | 51 | | resignation of a city council member or member of the board of |
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| 52 | 52 | | trustees of a school district who becomes a candidate for the |
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| 53 | 53 | | legislature or the United States Congress." |
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