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      By: Birdwell, et al. S.J.R. No. 68       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION         proposing a constitutional amendment to clarify and implement   certain provisions governing the impeachment, trial, removal from   office, and disqualification of public officers.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 5, Article XV, Texas Constitution, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 5.   (a)  All officers against whom articles of   impeachment may be preferred shall be suspended from the exercise   of the duties of their offices [ office ], with ordinary pay, during   the pendency of such impeachment.           (b)   The Governor may make a provisional appointment to fill   the vacancy[ , ] occasioned by the suspension of an officer , other   than the Governor, until the decision on the impeachment.           (c)     Section 16, Article IV, of this Constitution applies to   a vacancy occasioned by the suspension of the Governor on   impeachment or by the removal of the Governor from office.          SECTION 2.  Section 7, Article XV, Texas Constitution, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 7.   (a)  The Legislature shall provide by law for the   trial and removal from office of all officers of this State, the   modes for which have not been provided in this Constitution.           (b)     The Legislature may enact general laws, consistent with   this Constitution, to implement this Article or another provision   of this Constitution providing for the impeachment, trial, removal   from office, or disqualification of an officer of this State.          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 clarifying and   implementing certain provisions governing the impeachment, trial,   removal from office, and disqualification of public officers."