By Denny                                        H.J.R. No. 47

      75R964 CAG-D                           

                                 A JOINT RESOLUTION

 1-1     proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the abolition of the

 1-2     office of county treasurer in Rockwall County.

 1-3           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 44(d), Article XVI, Texas Constitution,

 1-5     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 Rockwall  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 Rockwall County, the powers, duties, and functions of the office

1-15     are transferred to an elected official or the County Auditor as

1-16     designated by the Commissioners Court, and the Commissioners Court

1-17     may from time to time change its designation as it considers

1-18     appropriate.  However, the office of County Treasurer in El Paso,

1-19     [or] Fayette, or Rockwall County is abolished under this subsection

1-20     only if, at the statewide election at which the constitutional

1-21     amendment providing for the abolition of the office in that county

1-22     is submitted to the voters, a majority of the voters of that county

1-23     voting on the question at that election favor the amendment.

1-24           SECTION 2.  The following temporary provision is added to the

 2-1     Texas Constitution:

 2-2           TEMPORARY PROVISION.  The abolition of the office of county

 2-3     treasurer in Rockwall County under the constitutional amendment

 2-4     proposed by the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, providing

 2-5     for the abolition of that office in that county takes effect

 2-6     January 1, 1998, if the conditions of  Section 44(d), Article XVI,

 2-7     as amended by that constitutional amendment, are met.  This

 2-8     provision expires January 2, 1998.

 2-9           SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

2-10     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997.

2-11     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

2-12     proposition:  "The constitutional amendment providing for the

2-13     abolition of the office of county treasurer in Rockwall County."