By Ramsay H.J.R. No. 4
74R3614 CAG-D
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the abolition of the
1-2 office of county treasurer in Titus County.
1-3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 44, Article XVI, Texas
1-5 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 Titus is abolished. In El Paso County,
1-8 the Commissioners Court may employ or contract with a qualified
1-9 person or may designate another county officer to perform any of
1-10 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 Titus County, the functions of the office are transferred to the
1-15 County Clerk or to the officer who succeeds to the Clerk's
1-16 functions. However, the office of County Treasurer in El Paso,
1-17 <or> Fayette, or Titus County is abolished under this subsection
1-18 only if, at the statewide election at which the constitutional
1-19 amendment providing for the abolition of the office in that county
1-20 is submitted to the voters, a majority of the voters of that county
1-21 voting on the question at that election favor the amendment.
1-22 SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to the
1-23 Texas Constitution:
1-24 TEMPORARY PROVISION. The abolition of the office of county
2-1 treasurer in Titus County under the constitutional amendment
2-2 proposed by the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, providing
2-3 for the abolition of that office in that county takes effect
2-4 January 1, 1996, if the conditions of Subsection (d), Section 44,
2-5 Article XVI, as amended by that constitutional amendment, are met.
2-6 This provision expires January 2, 1996.
2-7 SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
2-8 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 1995.
2-9 The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
2-10 proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the
2-11 abolition of the office of county treasurer in Titus County."