78R3124 ATP-D

By:  Truitt                                                     H.J.R. No. 62 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature 
to permit a person to take office 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 13 to read as follows:
	Sec. 13.  For an office for which this constitution requires 
an election, the legislature may provide by general law for a person 
to take 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 November 4, 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 take office without an election if 
the person is the only candidate to qualify in an election for that 
office."