By Danburg                                     H.J.R. No. 109

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                                 A JOINT RESOLUTION

 1-1     proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of

 1-2     county treasurer of Harris County.

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

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 44, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is

 1-5     amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:

 1-6           (j)  The office of County Treasurer in Harris County is

 1-7     abolished.  The Commissioners Court of Harris County may employ or

 1-8     contract with a qualified person or may designate another county

 1-9     officer to perform any of the functions that would have been

1-10     performed by the County Treasurer if the office had not been

1-11     abolished.  However, the office of County Treasurer in Harris

1-12     County is abolished under this subsection only if, at the statewide

1-13     election at which this amendment is submitted to the voters, a

1-14     majority of the voters of Harris County voting on the question at

1-15     that election favor the amendment.

1-16           SECTION 2.  The following temporary provision is added to the

1-17     Texas Constitution:

1-18           TEMPORARY PROVISION.  The abolition of the office of County

1-19     Treasurer in Harris County under the constitutional amendment

1-20     proposed by the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, providing

1-21     for the abolition of that office takes effect January 1, 1998, if

1-22     the conditions of Section 44(j), Article XVI, of this constitution,

1-23     as added by that constitutional amendment, are met.  This provision

1-24     expires January 2, 1998.

 2-1           SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

 2-2     submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 4,

 2-3     1997.  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against

 2-4     the proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the

 2-5     abolition of the office of county treasurer in Harris County."