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By: Creighton, Bettencourt |
S.J.R. No. 51 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2021; March 18, 2021, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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April 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, |
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Nays 2, one present not voting; April 20, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the unsolicited |
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distribution of an application form for an absentee ballot. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2, Article VI, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) An officer or employee of this state or of a political |
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subdivision of this state may not distribute an official |
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application form for an absentee ballot to a person unless the |
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person has requested the distribution. |
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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 2, 2021. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the |
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unsolicited distribution of an application form for an absentee |
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ballot." |
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