By: White (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.J.R. No. 72

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 17, 2019; May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 14, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 14, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment permitting a person to hold more than one office as a municipal judge at the same time.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 40, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(e) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c) of this section, a person may hold more than one office as an elected or appointed municipal judge in more than one municipality at the same time.

SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2019. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment permitting a person to hold more than one office as a municipal judge at the same time."

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