 | Constitutional Amendments - Summary | |
| Election Day: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | ||
Proposition No. 7
Heritage Alliance Recommendation: FOR
How the proposition will appear on the ballot:
The constitutional amendment to allow an officer or enlisted member of the Texas State Guard or other state militia or military force to hold other civil offices.
Summary:
The Texas Constitution prohibits dual office holding with certain exceptions. This proposition would add officers and enlisted members of the Texas State Guard and any other active militia or military force organized under state law to the list of officeholders allowed to hold more than one civil office. The Texas Constitution currently allows dual office-holding for the following officials: justice of the peace; county commissioner; notary public and postmaster; officer of the National Guard, National Guard Reserve, and Officers Reserve Corps of the United States; enlisted men of the National Guard, the National Guard Reserve, the Organized Reserves of the United States; retired officers of the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard; retired warrant officers; retired enlisted men of the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard; and officers and directors of soil and water conservation districts.
Heritage Alliance Recommendation:
FOR
Conservative Principles which are the basis for this recommendation:
Avoids giving special rights to an individual or group. A vote for this proposition will give to officers and enlisted members of the Texas State Guard, as well as other active militia or military force organized under state law, the same right of dual office holding enjoyed by officers and members of military units established for federal purposes.