Bill Text: TX HJR81 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment designating the sheriff as the chief law enforcement officer of the county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-19 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HJR81 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HJR81-Introduced.html

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83R6954 SCL-D
By: Craddick H.J.R. No. 81

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment designating the sheriff as the
chief law enforcement officer of the county.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 23, Article 5, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 23. There shall be elected by the qualified voters of
each county a Sheriff, who is the chief law enforcement officer of
the county, who shall hold the [his] office for the term of four
years, whose duties, qualifications, perquisites, and fees of
office, shall be prescribed by the Legislature, and vacancies in
whose office shall be filled by the Commissioners Court until the
next general election.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment designating the
sheriff as the chief law enforcement officer of the county."