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