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JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit a person from |
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being placed on a ballot as a candidate for public office if the |
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person has an outstanding financial obligation payable to the Texas |
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Ethics Commission. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 2-a to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this |
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constitution, a person is ineligible to be placed on a ballot as a |
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candidate for public office if on the date the person files to be |
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placed on the ballot the person has an outstanding financial |
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obligation payable to the Texas Ethics Commission. |
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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. (a) This temporary provision applies |
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to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 87th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2021, to prohibit a person from being placed on a |
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ballot as a candidate for public office if the person has an |
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outstanding financial obligation payable to the Texas Ethics |
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Commission. |
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(b) Section 2-a, Article XVI, of this constitution takes |
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effect January 1, 2022, and applies only to an election the filing |
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period for which begins on or after that date. |
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(c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 2023. |
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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 November 2, 2021. |
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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 prohibiting a person |
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from being placed on a ballot as a candidate for public office if |
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the person has an outstanding financial obligation payable to the |
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Texas Ethics Commission." |