By: Junell H.J.R. No. 26
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A JOINT RESOLUTION
1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment to allow a district, county,
1-2 or precinct officer to become a candidate for another district,
1-3 county, or precinct office without resigning from the first office.
1-4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Article XVI, Section 65, of the Texas
1-6 Constitution is amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 65. Staggering Terms of Office--The following officers
1-8 elected at the General Election in November, 1954, and thereafter,
1-9 shall serve for the full terms provided in this Constitution:
1-10 (a) District Clerks; (b) County Clerks; (c) County Judges;
1-11 (d) Judges of County Courts at Law, County Criminal Courts, County
1-12 Probate Courts and County Domestic Relations Courts; (e) County
1-13 Treasurers; (f) Criminal District Attorneys; (g) County Surveyors;
1-14 (h) Inspectors of Hides and Animals; (i) County Commissioners for
1-15 Precincts Two and Four; (j) Justices of the Peace.
1-16 Notwithstanding other provisions of this Constitution, the
1-17 following officers elected at the General Election in November,
1-18 1954, shall serve only for terms of two (2) years: (a) Sheriffs;
1-19 (b) Assessors and Collectors of Taxes; (c) District Attorneys; (d)
1-20 County Attorneys; (e) Public Weighers; (f) County Commissioners for
1-21 Precincts One and Three; (g) Constables. At subsequent elections,
1-22 such officers shall be elected for the full terms provided in this
1-23 Constitution.
1-24 In any district, county or precinct where any of the
2-1 aforementioned offices is of such nature that two (2) or more
2-2 persons hold such office, with the result that candidates file for
2-3 "Place No. 1," "Place No. 2," etc., the officers elected at the
2-4 General Election in November, 1954, shall serve for a term of two
2-5 (2) years if the designation of their office is an uneven number,
2-6 and for a term of four (4) years if the designation of their office
2-7 is an even number. Thereafter, all such officers shall be elected
2-8 for the terms provided in this Constitution.
2-9 If <Provided, however, if> any of the officers named herein
2-10 shall announce their candidacy, or shall in fact become a
2-11 candidate, in any General, Special or Primary Election, for any
2-12 office of profit or trust under the laws of this State or the
2-13 United States other than an office to which this section applies
2-14 <the office then held>, at any time when the unexpired term of the
2-15 office then held shall exceed one (1) year, such announcement or
2-16 such candidacy shall constitute an automatic resignation of the
2-17 office then held, and the vacancy thereby created shall be filled
2-18 pursuant to law in the same manner as other vacancies for such
2-19 office are filled.
2-20 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
2-21 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1993.
2-22 The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
2-23 the proposition: "The constitutional amendment allowing a
2-24 district, county, or precinct officer to become a candidate for
2-25 another district, county, or precinct office without resigning from
2-26 the first office."