By Wilson H.J.R. No. 31
77R2965 PAM-D
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment to lower the minimum voting
1-2 age in elections.
1-3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 1, Article VI, Texas Constitution, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 1. The following classes of persons shall not be
1-7 allowed to vote in this State, to wit:
1-8 First: Persons under 14 [18] years of age.
1-9 Second: All persons who have been determined mentally
1-10 incompetent by a court, subject to such exceptions as the
1-11 Legislature may make.
1-12 Third: All persons convicted of any felony, subject to such
1-13 exceptions as the Legislature may make.
1-14 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-15 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2001.
1-16 The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
1-17 proposition: "The constitutional amendment to lower the minimum
1-18 voting age to 14."