A JOINT RESOLUTION
 1-1     proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize garnishment of
 1-2     wages for the enforcement of court-ordered spousal  maintenance.
 1-3           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 28, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 28.  No current wages for personal service shall ever be
 1-7     subject to garnishment, except for the enforcement of
 1-8     court-ordered:
 1-9                 (1)  child support payments; or
1-10                 (2)  spousal maintenance.
1-11           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-12     submitted to  the voters at an election to be held on November 2,
1-13     1999.  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against
1-14     the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing
1-15     garnishment of wages for the enforcement of court-ordered spousal
1-16     maintenance."
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.J.R. No. 16 was passed by the House on May
         7, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 120, Nays 22, 1 present, not
         voting.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.J.R. No. 16 was passed by the Senate on May
         19, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 2.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         RECEIVED:  _____________________
                            Date
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                      Secretary of State