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      88(R) HJR 9 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text
      
            88R18115 DRS-D
         
		By:  Landgraf, Cain, Harris of Anderson
            H.J.R.  No.  9
         
            Substitute the following for  H.J.R.  No.  9:
         
            By:    Rosenthal
            C.S.H.J.R.  No.  9
         
               A JOINT RESOLUTION
            
            proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right of a 
         
            property owner to conduct activities necessary to secure basic 
         
            human needs.
         
                          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by 
         
            adding Section 36 to read as follows:
         
                          Sec.  36.    (a)   An individual in this state has the right to 
         
            conduct activities on the individual's homestead property to secure 
         
            for the residents of that property access to food, water, electric 
         
            power, and shelter, subject to laws protecting public health and 
         
            safety and laws for the conservation and development of the natural 
         
            resources of this state.
         
                          (b)    The legislature may enact laws to protect this right.
         
                          SECTION  2.    This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
         
            submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.  
         
            The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
         
            proposition:  "The constitutional amendment recognizing the right 
         
            of an individual to act to secure access to food, water, electric 
         
            power, and shelter on the individual's homestead property, subject 
         
            to laws that protect public health and safety and laws for the 
         
            conservation and development of the natural resources of this 
         
            state."

	88R18115 DRS-D

	By: Landgraf, Cain, Harris of Anderson	H.J.R. No. 9

	Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 9:

	By: Rosenthal	C.S.H.J.R. No. 9



	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right of a
	property owner to conduct activities necessary to secure basic
	human needs.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by
	adding Section 36 to read as follows:
	Sec. 36. (a) An individual in this state has the right to
	conduct activities on the individual's homestead property to secure
	for the residents of that property access to food, water, electric
	power, and shelter, subject to laws protecting public health and
	safety and laws for the conservation and development of the natural
	resources of this state.
	(b) The legislature may enact laws to protect this right.
	SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023.
	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
	proposition: "The constitutional amendment recognizing the right
	of an individual to act to secure access to food, water, electric
	power, and shelter on the individual's homestead property, subject
	to laws that protect public health and safety and laws for the
	conservation and development of the natural resources of this
	state."