OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
l!onorabYePonaYd M. XnrkIe, Chairman
Comzzitteeon 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.ntnke into nacount any rele-
your direot i~nvesti.gatlon of the exiut-
ceu may reveal,. Thi.ain my understanding
s In thiu.ease:
*I am inlormed by the office of the Secretary of
Stat.0that He J. n. 13 was mailed to 238 newspapars on
Tuefidayevcninp, Yav 22, P04!5;the sam asy it wan re-
c~ef~cd in thnt off-lco. Xo noxsnnpx- ia publi~heti In
the rclrai.nlng 16 counties. The acLnovlcd,~ant cards,
ncce~tin.~t,l?o COnY for rnh7icntion on the dotos specj~-
ficti, was roturned hwdiatoly hy 2’24 publishers. Of
the 14 who wrote to say the ?npy missed their dondline,
3,014 Fr1aay 3,329
480 Est. I,m33
S,QEK) lkxlnesday 12,451
1,3&3 FrCioy 41 ,o23
2,607 Thursday rr,rrr?4
1)nm Friday 12,372
MXJ 33st.Thtwuaay 10,0&l
r,n3r, Thursday R*3Sr,
12,032
legn33y sub?dttcd for a vote on August
25, 10451
"(2) Irrospeotive of your anmer to question
P;umher1, will the aiiandmont ?3ecosraa part
of the onnstitution should It eppar on
tho hsllot and moeive a nzajorltyof 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, in 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-alvote In those
cmmtlos where no publicntlon was had nnd no eJeot.ion@clcJ
WOtsldhe suff3clont if counter1 ap$inst the a&?tion of the mencl-
mnti to result in the amendment's receiving less tfinna =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:etxwtv. Scurloc!~,17,"i;.V. 711;
Uanos v. State, 203 S. E. 310.
We trust thc~twhat we hffvo &id suffiolontJy answers
blth of your questioas.