Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
l!onorabYe PonaYd M. XnrkIe, Chairman
Comzzittee on Conetitlttional' Amendments
~:OUWJ of Rcprcuentatioos
4Rth Lt?gi!slature
An&in, Texafi
Opinion #a. 0-6627 Ccneral Opinion_Nos. Mny 30, 1046, re- d dircunstances surrounding y the Loglslaturo and of State’s OPCice to counties of the statej order to fully 0xpYore is prOQOUea amendment it
ry for you t.n tnke into nacount any rele- your direot i~nvesti.gatlon of the exiut- ceu may reveal,. Thi.a my understanding s In thiu. ease:
*I am inlormed by the office of the Secretary of Stat.0 that He J. n. 13 was mailed to 238 newspapars on Tuefiday evcninp, Yav 22, P04!5; the sam asy it wan re- c~ef~cd in thnt off-lco. ia publi~heti In Xo noxsnnpx- the rclrai.nlng 16 counties. The acLnovlcd,~ant cards, on the dotos specj~- ncce~tin.~ t,l?o COnY for rnh7icntion was roturned hwdiatoly hy 2’24 publishers. Of ficti, the 14 who wrote to say the ?npy missed their dondline, *2 3,329
3,014 Fr1aay 480 Est. I,m33 S,QEK) lkxlnesday 12,451 1,3&3 41 ,o23 FrCioy 2,607 1) nm Thursday rr,rrr?4 Friday 12,372 MXJ 33st .Thtwuaay 10,0&l R*3Sr, r,n3r, Thursday 12,032
legn33y sub?dttcd for a vote on August 25, 10451
"(2) Irrospeotive of your anmer to question
P;umher 1, will the aiiandmont ?3ecosra a part of the onnstitution should It eppar on tho hsllot and moeive a nzajorlty of the VoteR cast?"
You are advIsed that uixler the facts etated House Joint Rep#lut.lon Ho. X3 is Mint: Xegally nOmItt& with this ~ImlIfication, go@@ of the OOuntias ‘We save has not hoen hly puhl1~hed fop uant nP sdfieient time. Tb3s IrroguJzr- ity ~111 not necessarily prevent I:!:e sdoption OF the amencJmcnt hy the people unless the total potcntid leg-al vote In those cmmtlos where no publicntlon was had nnd no eJeot.ion @clcJ if counter1 ap$inst the a&?tion of the mencl- WOtsld he suff3clont mnti to result in the amendment's receiving less tfinn a =a- lority of fiueJl total count. In such event the amendment would ret1 for lack of+ the neoessnry majority vote. SOS the Pol.1 oa- snf? cascm
IhmnlCut to State, 12 6. i?. 106;
I:etxwt v. Scurloc!~, 17," i;. V. 711;
Uanos v. State, 203 S. E. 310.
We trust thc~t what we hffvo &id suffiolontJy answers blth of your questioas.