By:  Janek                                                      S.J.R. No. 12 


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION


proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of 
county treasurer of Fort Bend County.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Section 44, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is 
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  The office of County Treasurer in Fort Bend County is 
abolished.  The Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County may employ 
or contract with a qualified person or may designate another county 
officer to perform any of the functions that would have been 
performed by the County Treasurer if the office had not been 
abolished.  However, the office of County Treasurer in Fort Bend 
County is abolished under this subsection only if, at the statewide 
election at which this amendment is submitted to the voters, a 
majority of the voters of Fort Bend County voting on the question at 
that election favor the amendment.
	SECTION 2.  The following temporary provision is added to 
the Texas Constitution:
	TEMPORARY PROVISION.  The abolition of the office of County 
Treasurer in Fort Bend County under the constitutional amendment 
proposed by the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, providing 
for the abolition of that office takes effect January 1, 2006, if 
the conditions of Section 44(d), Article XVI, of this constitution, 
as added by that constitutional amendment, are met.  This provision 
expires January 2, 2006.
	SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 8, 
2005.  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against 
the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment providing for the 
abolition of the office of county treasurer in Fort Bend County."