| 1 | 1 | | 89R2003 MCK-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bettencourt S.J.R. No. 67 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide |
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| 9 | 9 | | referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing |
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| 10 | 10 | | year-round standard time or daylight saving time and authorizing |
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| 11 | 11 | | the legislature to enact legislation that gives effect to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | preferred option. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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| 15 | 15 | | adding Section 74 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 74. The legislature by general law may: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) hold a statewide referendum that allows the voters |
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| 18 | 18 | | to indicate a preference for either: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) observing standard time year-round; or |
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| 20 | 20 | | (B) observing daylight saving time year-round; |
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| 21 | 21 | | and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) enact a law based on the results of the referendum |
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| 23 | 23 | | providing for observing standard time year-round or observing |
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| 24 | 24 | | daylight saving time year-round. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 26 | 26 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025. |
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| 27 | 27 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 28 | 28 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the state |
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| 29 | 29 | | to conduct a statewide referendum allowing the voters to indicate a |
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| 30 | 30 | | preference for observing standard time year-round or observing |
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| 31 | 31 | | daylight saving time year-round and authorizing the legislature to |
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| 32 | 32 | | enact legislation that gives effect to the option preferred by a |
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| 33 | 33 | | majority of the voters voting in the statewide referendum." |
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