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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United |
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States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for |
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failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The Legislature of the State of Texas by this |
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resolution hereby post-ratifies Amendment XXIV to the Constitution |
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of the United States as proposed by the 87th Congress of the United |
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States on August 27, 1962, in the form of Senate Joint Resolution |
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No. 29, to the legislatures of the several states. The amendment |
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was declared ratified by the legislatures of 38 of the 50 states by |
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the Administrator of General Services on February 4, 1964, thereby |
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becoming Amendment XXIV to the United States Constitution pursuant |
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to Article V thereof, as follows: |
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"AMENDMENT XXIV. |
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"SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the United |
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States to vote in any primary or other election for |
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President or Vice President, for electors for |
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President or Vice President, or for Senator or |
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Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or |
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abridged by the United States or any State by reason of |
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failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. |
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"SECTION 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce |
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this article by appropriate legislation." |
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SECTION 2. The secretary of state of this state shall: |
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(1) notify the archivist of the United States of the |
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action of the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas, Regular |
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Session, 2007, by sending the archivist a copy of this resolution; |
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and |
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(2) send copies of this resolution to the United |
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States senators from Texas, to all United States representatives |
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from Texas, to the vice president of the United States, and to the |
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speaker of the United States House of Representatives with the |
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request that it be printed in full in the Congressional Record. |