Amend HJR 75 (Senate Committee Printing) as follows:
      (1)  Strike SECTION 2.12 (on page 7, lines 27-42), amending
Section 18, Article V, Texas Constitution, and substitute the
following:
      SECTION 2.12. Sections 18(e) and (f), Article V, Texas
Constitution, are amended to read as follows:
      (e)  The office of Constable is abolished in Mills County,
Reagan County, and Roberts County <is abolished>.  The powers,
duties, and records of the office are transferred to the County
Sheriff.
      (f)  The Commissioners Court of Lubbock County or the
Commissioners Court of Howard County may call an election on the
question of whether the office of constable in the county should be
abolished.  If the commissioners court calls an election under this
subsection, the court shall order the ballot for the election to be
printed to permit voting for or against the proposition:
"Abolition of the office of constable in ___________ County."  The
name of the applicable county shall be inserted into the blank
space.  If the majority of voters of the county voting on the
proposition at the election approve the proposition, the office of
constable in the county is abolished, and the powers, duties, and
records of each constable's office are transferred to the county
sheriff.  <The office of Constable in Reagan County and the office
of Constable in Roberts County are abolished.  The functions of the
office are transferred to the County Sheriff.  However, the office
of Constable is abolished under this subsection only if, at the
statewide election at which the constitutional amendment providing
for the abolition is submitted to the voters, a majority of the
voters of Reagan County or Roberts County, as applicable, voting on
the question at that election favor the amendment.>
      (2)  Strike SECTION 9.02 (page 12, lines 18-24) and
substitute the following:
      SECTION 9.02. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2001.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to eliminate obsolete,
archaic, redundant, and unnecessary provisions and to clarify,
update, and harmonize certain provisions of the Texas Constitution,
and to authorize the abolition of the office of constable in
Lubbock and Howard counties."