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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the office of |
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county treasurer of Harris County. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 44, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The office of County Treasurer in Harris County is |
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abolished. The Commissioners Court of Harris County may employ or |
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contract with a qualified person or may designate another county |
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officer to perform any of the functions that would have been |
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performed by the County Treasurer if the office had not been |
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abolished. However, the office of County Treasurer in Harris |
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County is abolished under this subsection only if, at the statewide |
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election at which this amendment is submitted to the voters, a |
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majority of the voters of Harris County voting on the question at |
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that election favor the amendment. |
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SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to |
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the Texas Constitution: |
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TEMPORARY PROVISION. The abolition of the office of County |
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Treasurer in Harris County under the constitutional amendment |
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proposed by the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, providing |
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for the abolition of that office takes effect January 1, 2008, if |
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the conditions of Section 44(d), Article XVI, of this constitution, |
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as added by that constitutional amendment, are met. This provision |
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expires January 2, 2008. |
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SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 6, |
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2007. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against |
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the proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing for the |
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abolition of the office of county treasurer in Harris County." |