TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing daylight saving time year-round.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing daylight saving time year-round.

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88(R) HJR 82-Introduced version-Bill Text 88R6602 MCK-D By: Metcalf H.J.R. No. 82 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing daylight saving time year-round. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by adding Section 74 to read as follows: Sec. 74. (a) The legislature by general law may: (1) hold a statewide referendum that allows the voters to indicate a preference for or against observing daylight saving time year-round; and (2) enact a law providing for observing daylight saving time year-round based on the results of the referendum. (b) A statewide referendum described by Subsection (a) of this section that is held on the same day as the election on the constitutional amendment to add this section to this article is hereby validated. SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the state to conduct a statewide referendum to allow the voters to vote for or against observing daylight saving time year-round and authorizing the legislature to enact legislation if a majority of the voters voting in the statewide referendum vote to observe daylight saving time year-round."