By: Taylor of Collin	S.J.R. No. 27
	(In the Senate - Filed December 19, 2016; January 30, 2017,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
	Relations; March 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following
	vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
	proposing a constitutional amendment repealing county authority to
	provide for manual labor poor houses and farms.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 14, Article IX, Texas Constitution, is
	repealed.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
	submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.
	The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
	proposition: "The constitutional amendment repealing county
	authority to provide for manual labor poor houses and farms."
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