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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment requiring automatic |
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resignation of a city council member or member of the board of |
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trustees of a school district who becomes a candidate for the |
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legislature or the United States Congress. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11, Article XI, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A city council member serving any length of term of |
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office is subject to Section 65(b), Article XVI, of this |
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constitution, in the same manner as a county or district officer to |
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which that section applies, if the member announces the member's |
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candidacy in an election for the Texas Senate, Texas House of |
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Representatives, or United States Congress. |
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SECTION 2. Section 65, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 65. (a) This section applies to the following |
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offices: District Clerks; County Clerks; County Judges; Judges of |
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the County Courts at Law, County Criminal Courts, County Probate |
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Courts and County Domestic Relations Courts; County Treasurers; |
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Criminal District Attorneys; County Surveyors; County |
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Commissioners; Justices of the Peace; Sheriffs; Assessors and |
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Collectors of Taxes; District Attorneys; County Attorneys; Public |
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Weighers; [and] Constables; and Members of the Board of Trustees of |
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a School District. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, if |
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[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, at any time when the unexpired term of the office then |
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held shall exceed one year and 30 days, such announcement or such |
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candidacy shall constitute an automatic resignation of the office |
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then held, and the vacancy thereby created shall be filled pursuant |
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to law in the same manner as other vacancies for such office are |
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filled. |
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(c) A member of the board of trustees of a school district is |
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only subject to Subsection (b) of this section if the member |
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announces the member's candidacy in an election for the Texas |
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Senate, Texas House of Representatives, or United States Congress. |
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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 4, 2025. |
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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 requiring automatic |
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resignation of a city council member or member of the board of |
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trustees of a school district who becomes a candidate for the |
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legislature or the United States Congress." |