Bill Text: TX HJR98 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment specifying the authority of the attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense prescribed by the election laws of this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR98 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HJR98-Introduced.html

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88R232 TSS-D
By: Tinderholt H.J.R. No. 98

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment specifying the authority of
the attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense prescribed by
the election laws of this state.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 22. (a) The Attorney General shall represent the State
in all suits and pleas in the Supreme Court of the State in which the
State may be a party, and shall especially inquire into the charter
rights of all private corporations, and from time to time, in the
name of the State, take such action in the courts as may be proper
and necessary to prevent any private corporation from exercising
any power or demanding or collecting any species of taxes, tolls,
freight or wharfage not authorized by law. The Attorney General
[He] shall, whenever sufficient cause exists, seek a judicial
forfeiture of such charters, unless otherwise expressly directed by
law, and give legal advice in writing to the Governor and other
executive officers, when requested by them, and perform such other
duties as may be required by law.
(b) The Attorney General shall have concurrent jurisdiction
with each county or district attorney of this State to represent
this State in the prosecution of a criminal offense prescribed by
the election laws of this State.
SECTION 2. 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 provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment specifying the
authority of the attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense
prescribed by the election laws of this state."