87R11025 SLB-D

By: Rogers H.J.R. No. 117

A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment requiring payment of child support to be eligible to hold certain public elective offices.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 6, Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 6. To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, the office of [No person shall be a] Senator, a person must:

(1) [unless he] be a citizen of the United States;

(2) be, [and,] at the time of the person's [his] election or appointment, a qualified voter of this State;

(3) [, and shall] have been a resident of this State for the five years [next] preceding the [his] election or appointment;

(4) have been [, and the last year thereof] a resident of the district for which the person would serve as a Senator for the year preceding the election or appointment;

(5) be at least 26 [he shall be chosen, and shall have attained the age of twenty-six] years of age; and

(6) have paid all child support due and payable by the person unless:

(A) the person has made all due payments under a payment plan; or

(B) the child support due is being contested or negotiated.

SECTION 2. Section 7, Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 7. To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, the office of [No person shall be a] Representative, a person must:

(1) [unless he] be a citizen of the United States;

(2) be, [and,] at the time of the person's [his] election or appointment, a qualified voter of this State;

(3) [, and shall] have been a resident of this State for the two years [next] preceding the [his] election or appointment;

(4) have been [, the last year thereof] a resident of the district for which the person would serve as a Representative for the year preceding the election or appointment;

(5) be at least 21 [he shall be chosen, and shall have attained the age of twenty-one] years of age; and

(6) have paid all child support due and payable by the person unless:

(A) the person has made all due payments under a payment plan; or

(B) the child support due is being contested or negotiated.

SECTION 3. Section 4, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 4. The Governor elected at the general election [in 1974, and thereafter,] shall be installed on the first Tuesday after the organization of the Legislature, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and shall hold that [his] office for the term of four years, or until the Governor's [his] successor shall be duly installed. To be eligible to be a candidate for or elected to the office of Governor, a person must:

(1) [He shall] be at least thirty years of age;

(2) be [,] a citizen of the United States;

(3) have been a resident of [, and shall have resided in] this State for the [at least] five years immediately preceding the [his] election; and

(4) have paid all child support due and payable by the person unless:

(A) the person has made all due payments under a payment plan; or

(B) the child support due is being contested or negotiated.

SECTION 4. 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 requiring payment of child support to be eligible to hold certain public elective offices."