Bill Text: TX HJR165 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing additional powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to candidates for judicial office.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-25 - Filed with the Secretary of State [HJR165 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR165-Enrolled.html
H.J.R. No. 165 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment providing additional powers | ||
to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to | ||
candidates for judicial office. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1-a, Article V, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (13-a) to read as follows: | ||
(13-a) The Commission may accept complaints or | ||
reports, conduct investigations, and take any other action | ||
authorized by this section with respect to a candidate for an office | ||
named in Subsection (6)(A) of this section in the same manner the | ||
Commission is authorized to take those actions with respect to a | ||
person holding that office. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing additional | ||
powers to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct with respect to | ||
candidates for judicial office." | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.J.R. No. 165 was passed by the House on May | ||
13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.J.R. No. 165 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
RECEIVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Secretary of State |