Proposing a constitutional amendment to include the United States Space Force in references to military service in the state constitution.

89(R) HJR 165 - Introduced version - Bill Text

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By: Bumgarner

H.J.R. No. 165

A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment to include the United States

Space Force in references to military service in the state

constitution.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 40(a), Article XVI, Texas Constitution,

is amended to read as follows:

(a) No person shall hold or exercise at the same time, more

than one civil office of emolument, except that of Justice of the

Peace, County Commissioner, Notary Public and Postmaster, Officer

of the National Guard, the National Guard Reserve, and the Officers

Reserve Corps of the United States and enlisted men of the National

Guard, the National Guard Reserve, and the Organized Reserves of

the United States, and retired officers of the United States Army,

Air Force,
Space Force,
Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and

retired warrant officers, and retired enlisted men of the United

States Army, Air Force,
Space Force,
Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast

Guard, and officers and enlisted members of the Texas State Guard

and any other active militia or military force organized under

state law, and the officers and directors of soil and water

conservation districts, unless otherwise specially provided

herein. Provided, that nothing in this Constitution shall be

construed to prohibit an officer or enlisted man of the National

Guard, the National Guard Reserve, the Texas State Guard, and any

other active militia or military force organized under state law,

or an officer in the Officers Reserve Corps of the United States, or

an enlisted man in the Organized Reserves of the United States, or

retired officers of the United States Army, Air Force,
Space Force,

Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and retired warrant officers,

and retired enlisted men of the United States Army, Air Force,
Space

Force,
Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, and officers of the

State soil and water conservation districts, from holding at the

same time any other office or position of honor, trust or profit,

under this State or the United States, or from voting at any

election, general, special or primary in this State when otherwise

qualified.

SECTION 2. Section 72(h), Article XVI, Texas Constitution,

is amended to read as follows:

(h) In this section, "armed forces of the United States"

means the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United

States Air Force,
the United States Space Force,
the United States

Marine Corps, the United States Coast Guard, any reserve or

auxiliary component of any of those services, or the National

Guard.

SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.

The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

proposition: "The constitutional amendment to include the United

States Space Force in references to military service in the state

constitution."