Texas A.G. Issues Opinion on Section 11 of Texas Constitution
January 27, 2021
January 27, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 27 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following opinion (No. KP-0351):
To: The Honorable Terry Canales, Chair, House Committee on Transportation, Texas House of Representatives, Post Office Box 2910, Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether yard signs and a social media post qualify as an "announcement" for candidacy for another office, thus triggering the automatic resignation provision of article XI, section 11 of the Texas Const . . .
To: The Honorable Terry Canales, Chair, House Committee on Transportation, Texas House of Representatives, Post Office Box 2910, Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether yard signs and a social media post qualify as an "announcement" for candidacy for another office, thus triggering the automatic resignation provision of article XI, section 11 of the Texas Const . . .