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Texas Prosecution by Attorney General Amendment (2015)

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The Texas Prosecution by Attorney General Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have permitted the Texas Attorney General to prosecute offenses related to public administration, ethics, insurance fraud and the imposition of the motor fuels tax.[1]

The measure was introduced into the Texas Legislature by Rep. Debbie Riddle (R-150) as House Joint Resolution 69.[2]

Text of measure

Ballot title

The proposed ballot title was:[1]

The constitutional amendment permitting the attorney general to prosecute offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses, and offenses involving insurance fraud or the imposition of the motor fuels tax.[3]

Constitutional changes

See also: Article 4, Texas Constitution

The proposed amendment would have added a Section 22a to Article 4 of the Texas Constitution. The following text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]

Sec. 22a. To the extent provided by general law, the attorney general may represent the state in the district and inferior courts in the prosecution of criminal and civil offenses classified by law as offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses, or as offenses involving insurance fraud or the imposition of the motor fuels tax.[3]

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Texas Constitution

The proposed constitutional amendment was filed by Rep. Debbie Riddle (R-150) as House Joint Resolution 69 on January 16, 2015.[2] A two-thirds vote in both chambers of the Texas State Legislature was required to refer this amendment to the ballot. Texas is one of 16 states that require a two-thirds supermajority vote in both chambers.

See also

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Texas Legislature, "HJR No. 69," accessed January 31, 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Texas Legislature, "HJR No. 69 History," accessed January 31, 2015
  3. 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "quotedisclaimer" defined multiple times with different content