78R2969 ATP-D

By:  Wilson                                                     H.J.R. No. 29 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment to lower the minimum voting 
age in elections.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Section 1(a), Article VI, Texas Constitution, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The following classes of persons shall not be allowed to 
vote in this State:
		(1)  persons under 16 [18] years of age;              
		(2)  persons who have been determined mentally 
incompetent by a court, subject to such exceptions as the 
Legislature may make; and
		(3)  persons convicted of any felony, subject to such 
exceptions as the Legislature may make.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2003.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to lower the minimum 
voting age to 16."