By: Raymond H.J.R. No. 49
73R2663 CAG-D
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the abolition of the
1-2 office of county treasurer in Jim Wells County.
1-3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Article XVI, Section 44, Subsection (d), of the
1-5 Texas Constitution is amended to read as follows:
1-6 (d) The office of County Treasurer in the counties of El
1-7 Paso, <and> Fayette, and Jim Wells is abolished. In El Paso
1-8 County, the Commissioners Court may employ or contract with a
1-9 qualified person or may designate another county officer to perform
1-10 any of the functions that would have been performed by the County
1-11 Treasurer if the office had not been abolished. In Fayette County,
1-12 the functions of the abolished office are transferred to the County
1-13 Auditor or to the officer who succeeds to the auditor's functions.
1-14 In Jim Wells County, the powers, duties, and functions of the
1-15 office are transferred to the County Clerk or to the officer who
1-16 succeeds to the clerk's functions. However, the office of County
1-17 Treasurer in El Paso, <or> Fayette, or Jim Wells County is
1-18 abolished under this subsection only if, at the statewide election
1-19 at which the constitutional amendment providing for the abolition
1-20 of the office in that county is submitted to the voters, a majority
1-21 of the voters of that county voting on the question at that
1-22 election favor the amendment.
1-23 SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to the
1-24 Texas Constitution:
2-1 TEMPORARY PROVISION. The abolition of the office of county
2-2 treasurer in Jim Wells County under the constitutional amendment
2-3 proposed by the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, providing
2-4 for the abolition of that office in that county takes effect
2-5 January 1, 1994, if the conditions of Article XVI, Section 44,
2-6 Subsection (d), as amended by that constitutional amendment, are
2-7 met. This provision expires January 2, 1994.
2-8 SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
2-9 submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 2,
2-10 1993. The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or
2-11 against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing
2-12 for the abolition of the office of county treasurer in Jim Wells
2-13 County."