By Kuempel                                            H.J.R. No. 80
         76R5697 PAM-D                           
                                 A JOINT RESOLUTION
 1-1     proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of
 1-2     county treasurer of Comal 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 (i) to read as follows:
 1-6           (i)  The office of County Treasurer in Comal County is
 1-7     abolished.  The Commissioners Court of Comal 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 Comal County
1-12     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 Comal 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 Comal County under the constitutional amendment
1-20     proposed by the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, providing
1-21     for the abolition of that office takes effect January 1, 2000, if
1-22     the conditions of Section 44(i), Article XVI, of this constitution,
1-23     as added by that constitutional amendment, are met.  This provision
1-24     expires January 2, 2000.
 2-1           SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
 2-2     submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 2,
 2-3     1999.  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 Comal County."