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."