88R6763 MCK-D     By: Goodwin H.J.R. No. 80       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide   referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing   standard time year-round or observing daylight saving time   year-round.          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.  (a)  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.          (b)  A statewide referendum described by Subsection (a) of   this section that is held on the same day as the election on the   constitutional amendment to add this section to this article is   hereby validated.          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 authorizing the state   to conduct a statewide referendum to allow the voters to choose   between observing standard time year-round and 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."