Bill Text: TX HJR72 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting a person to hold more than one office as a municipal judge at the same time.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2019-05-22 - Filed with the Secretary of State [HJR72 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HJR72-Enrolled.html
| H.J.R. No. 72 | ||
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| proposing a constitutional amendment permitting a person to hold | ||
| more than one office as a municipal judge at the same time. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 40, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c) of this | ||
| section, a person may hold more than one office as an elected or | ||
| appointed municipal judge in more than one municipality at the same | ||
| time. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment permitting a person to | ||
| hold more than one office as a municipal judge at the same time." | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.J.R. No. 72 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.J.R. No. 72 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| RECEIVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Secretary of State | ||
