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HJR 12, 83rd 2nd C.S.

Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that a member of the legislature or person holding a statewide elective office automatically vacates office on announcing a candidacy or becoming a candidate for another elective office before December 1 of the last full odd-numbered year of the person's term of office.

Last action: Referred to State Affairs

Author: Lyle Larson

Subjects:
Elections--Candidates
Ethics
Legislature
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments
State Officers

House Committee: State Affairs (Byron Cook, Tom Craddick, Jessica Farrar, John Frullo, Charlie Geren, Helen Giddings, Patricia Harless, Harvey Hilderbran, Dan Huberty, José Menéndez, René Oliveira, John Smithee, Sylvester Turner)

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