H.J.R. No. 59 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature 
to permit a person to assume an office of a political subdivision 
without an election if the person is the only candidate to qualify 
in an election for that office.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by 
adding Section 13A to read as follows:
	Sec. 13A.  For an office of a political subdivision for which 
this constitution requires an election, the legislature may provide 
by general law for a person to assume the office without an election 
if the person is the only candidate to qualify in an election to be 
held for that office.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held September 13, 
2003. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against 
the proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the 
legislature to permit a person to assume an office of a political 
subdivision without an election if the person is the only candidate 
to qualify in an election for that office."




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.J.R. No. 59 was passed by the House on May 1, 
2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.J.R. 
No. 59 on May 24, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 124, Nays 3, 1 
present, not voting.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   


	
I certify that H.J.R. No. 59 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 23, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 
2.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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