Bill Text: TX HJR70 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring payment of child support to be eligible to hold certain public elective offices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Referred to Elections [HJR70 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR70-Introduced.html

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88R42 SGM-D
By: Rogers H.J.R. No. 70

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment requiring payment of child
support to be eligible to hold certain public elective offices.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 6. To be eligible to be [No person shall be] a Senator,
a person must:
(1) [unless he] be a citizen of the United States;
(2) be, [and,] at the time of the person's [his]
election or appointment, a qualified voter of this State;
(3) [, and shall] have been a resident of this State
for the five years [next] preceding the [his] election or
appointment;
(4) have been [, and the last year thereof] a resident
of the district for which the person would serve as a Senator for
the year preceding the election or appointment;
(5) be at least 26 [he shall be chosen, and shall have
attained the age of twenty-six] years of age; and
(6) have paid all child support due and payable by the
person unless:
(A) the person has made all due payments under a
payment plan; or
(B) the child support due is being contested or
negotiated.
SECTION 2. Section 7, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 7. To be eligible to be [No person shall be] a
Representative, a person must:
(1) [unless he] be a citizen of the United States;
(2) be, [and,] at the time of the person's [his]
election or appointment, a qualified voter of this State;
(3) [, and shall] have been a resident of this State
for the two years [next] preceding the [his] election or
appointment;
(4) have been [, the last year thereof] a resident of
the district for which the person would serve as a Representative
for the year preceding the election or appointment;
(5) be at least 21 [he shall be chosen, and shall have
attained the age of twenty-one] years of age; and
(6) have paid all child support due and payable by the
person unless:
(A) the person has made all due payments under a
payment plan; or
(B) the child support due is being contested or
negotiated.
SECTION 3. Section 4, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4. The Governor elected at the general election [in
1974, and thereafter,] shall be installed on the first Tuesday
after the organization of the Legislature, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, and shall hold that [his] office for the term of four
years, or until the Governor's [his] successor shall be duly
installed. To be eligible to be Governor, a person must:
(1) [He shall] be at least thirty years of age;
(2) be [,] a citizen of the United States;
(3) have been a resident of [, and shall have resided
in] this State for the [at least] five years immediately preceding
the [his] election; and
(4) have paid all child support due and payable by the
person unless:
(A) the person has made all due payments under a
payment plan; or
(B) the child support due is being contested or
negotiated.
SECTION 4. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring payment of
child support to be eligible to hold the office of state
representative, state senator, or governor."