TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to county authority to provide for the support of indigent inhabitants.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to county authority to provide for the support of indigent inhabitants.

FULL TEXT:
82(R) HJR 118-Introduced version-Bill Text 82R12357 PAM-D By: Callegari H.J.R. No. 118 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment relating to county authority to provide for the support of indigent inhabitants. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 14, Article IX, Texas Constitution, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 14. Each county in the State may provide, in such manner as may be prescribed by law, [a Manual Labor Poor House and Farm] for taking care of, managing, employing and supplying the wants of its indigent and poor inhabitants. SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011. The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment relating to county authority to provide for the support of indigent inhabitants."