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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain elected |
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county or district officeholders to become candidates for a |
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countywide office of the same county without automatically |
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resigning from the office already being held. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 65(b), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) If any of the officers named herein shall announce their |
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candidacy, or shall in fact become a candidate, in any General, |
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Special or Primary Election, for any office of profit or trust under |
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the laws of this State or the United States other than the office |
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then held or an office of the same county elected by the voters of |
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the entire county, at any time when the unexpired term of the office |
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then held shall exceed one year and 30 days, such announcement or |
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such candidacy shall constitute an automatic resignation of the |
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office then held, and the vacancy thereby created shall be filled |
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pursuant to law in the same manner as other vacancies for such |
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office are filled. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. |
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The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing certain |
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elected county or district officeholders to become candidates for a |
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countywide office of the same county without automatically |
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resigning from the office already being held." |