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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment to clarify and implement |
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certain provisions governing the impeachment, trial, removal from |
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office, and disqualification of public officers. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5, Article XV, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 5. (a) All officers against whom articles of |
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impeachment may be preferred shall be suspended from the exercise |
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of the duties of their offices [office], with ordinary pay, during |
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the pendency of such impeachment. |
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(b) The Governor may make a provisional appointment to fill |
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the vacancy[,] occasioned by the suspension of an officer, other |
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than the Governor, until the decision on the impeachment. |
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(c) Section 16, Article IV, of this Constitution applies to |
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a vacancy occasioned by the suspension of the Governor on |
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impeachment or by the removal of the Governor from office. |
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SECTION 2. Section 7, Article XV, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7. (a) The Legislature shall provide by law for the |
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trial and removal from office of all officers of this State, the |
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modes for which have not been provided in this Constitution. |
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(b) The Legislature may enact general laws, consistent with |
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this Constitution, to implement this Article or another provision |
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of this Constitution providing for the impeachment, trial, removal |
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from office, or disqualification of an officer of this State. |
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SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment clarifying and |
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implementing certain provisions governing the impeachment, trial, |
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removal from office, and disqualification of public officers." |