TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit 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.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit 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.

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84(R) HJR 69-Introduced version-Bill Text 84R3031 ATP-D By: Riddle H.J.R. No. 69 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment to permit 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. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article IV, Texas Constitution, is amended by adding Section 22a to read as follows: 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. SECTION 2. The constitutional amendment proposed by this resolution shall be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held November 3, 2015. The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "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."