HJR165 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to include the United States Space Force in references to military service in the state constitution.

  89R14903 GP-D     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."