SJR67 - Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing year-round standard time or daylight saving time and authorizing the legislature to enact legislation that gives effect to the preferred option.

  89R2003 MCK-F     By: Bettencourt S.J.R. No. 67       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide   referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing   year-round standard time or daylight saving time and authorizing   the legislature to enact legislation that gives effect to the   preferred option.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by   adding Section 74 to read as follows:           Sec. 74.  The legislature by general law may:                 (1)     hold a statewide referendum that allows the voters   to indicate a preference for either:                       (A)  observing standard time year-round; or                       (B)     observing daylight saving time year-round;   and                 (2)     enact a law based on the results of the referendum   providing for observing standard time year-round or observing   daylight saving time year-round.          SECTION 2.  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 authorizing the state   to conduct a statewide referendum allowing the voters to indicate a   preference for observing standard time year-round or observing   daylight saving time year-round and authorizing the legislature to   enact legislation that gives effect to the option preferred by a   majority of the voters voting in the statewide referendum."