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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment to allow an officer or |
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enlisted member of the Texas State Guard or other state militia or |
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military force to hold other civil offices. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 40(a), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) No person shall hold or exercise at the same time, more |
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than one civil office of emolument, except that of Justice of the |
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Peace, County Commissioner, Notary Public and Postmaster, Officer |
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of the National Guard, the National Guard Reserve, and the Officers |
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Reserve Corps of the United States and enlisted men of the National |
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Guard, the National Guard Reserve, and the Organized Reserves of |
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the United States, and retired officers of the United States Army, |
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Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and retired warrant |
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officers, and retired enlisted men of the United States Army, Air |
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Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and officers and |
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enlisted members of the Texas State Guard and any other active |
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militia or military force organized under state law, and the |
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officers and directors of soil and water conservation districts, |
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unless otherwise specially provided herein. Provided, that nothing |
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in this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit an officer or |
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enlisted man of the National Guard, [and] the National Guard |
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Reserve, the Texas State Guard, and any other active militia or |
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military force organized under state law, or an officer in the |
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Officers Reserve Corps of the United States, or an enlisted man in |
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the Organized Reserves of the United States, or retired officers of |
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the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast |
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Guard, and retired warrant officers, and retired enlisted men of |
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the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast |
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Guard, and officers of the State soil and water conservation |
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districts, from holding at the same time any other office or |
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position of honor, trust or profit, under this State or the United |
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States, or from voting at any election, general, special or primary |
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in this State when otherwise qualified. |
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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, 2009. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment to allow an officer or |
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enlisted member of the Texas State Guard or other state militia or |
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military force to hold other civil offices." |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.J.R. No. 127 was passed by the House on May |
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11, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.J.R. No. 127 on May 29, 2009, by a non-record vote; and requested |
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the appointment of a conference committee to consider the |
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differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the |
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conference committee report on H.J.R. No. 127 on May 31, 2009, by |
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the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.J.R. No. 127 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.J.R. |
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No. 127 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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RECEIVED: __________________ |
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Secretary of State |