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By: Bettencourt, et al. |
S.J.R. No. 86 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2023; March 22, 2023, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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May 21, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2023, |
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sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 86 |
By: Hughes |
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide |
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referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing |
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year-round standard time or daylight saving time and authorizing |
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the legislature to enact legislation that gives effect to the |
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preferred option. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 74 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 74. The legislature by general law may: |
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(1) hold a statewide referendum that allows the voters |
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to indicate a preference for either: |
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(A) observing standard time year-round; or |
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(B) observing daylight saving time year-round; |
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and |
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(2) enact a law based on the results of the referendum |
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providing for observing standard time year-round or observing |
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daylight saving time year-round. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the state |
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to conduct a statewide referendum allowing the voters to indicate a |
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preference for observing standard time year-round or observing |
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daylight saving time year-round and authorizing the legislature to |
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enact legislation that gives effect to the option preferred by a |
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majority of the voters voting in the statewide referendum." |
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