By Duncan S.J.R. No. 23 77R860 SMJ-D A JOINT RESOLUTION 1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the commissioners 1-2 court of a county to call an election to abolish the office of 1-3 constable in the county. 1-4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 18, Article V, Texas Constitution, is 1-6 amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: 1-7 (h) The commissioners court of a county may call an election 1-8 on the question of whether the office of constable in the county 1-9 should be abolished. If the commissioners court calls an election 1-10 under this subsection, the court shall order the ballot for the 1-11 election to be printed to permit voting for or against the 1-12 proposition: "Abolition of the office of constable in ________ 1-13 County." The name of the applicable county shall be inserted into 1-14 the blank space. If a majority of the voters of the county voting 1-15 on the proposition at the election approve the proposition, the 1-16 office of constable in the county is abolished, and the powers, 1-17 duties, and records of each constable's office are transferred to 1-18 the county sheriff. 1-19 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 1-20 submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 6, 1-21 2001. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against 1-22 the proposition: "The constitutional amendment permitting the 1-23 commissioners court of a county to call an election to abolish the 1-24 office of constable in the county."