Bill Text: TX SJR50 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment mandating the legislature to require candidates for public elective office in this state to undergo drug screening.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-18 - Referred to State Affairs [SJR50 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SJR50-Introduced.html

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83R5636 ADM-D
By: Lucio S.J.R. No. 50

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment mandating the legislature to
require candidates for public elective office in this state to
undergo drug screening.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 74 to read as follows:
Sec. 74. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
constitution, including provisions prescribing exclusive
eligibility requirements to hold a public elective office in this
state, the legislature shall provide by general law that a
candidate for public elective office in this state must submit to a
controlled substance use screening assessment.
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 mandating the
legislature to require candidates for public elective office in
this state to undergo drug screening."