| 1 | 1 | | By: Carona S.J.R. No. 55 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed April 29, 2009; April 29, 2009, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland |
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| 4 | 4 | | Security; May 11, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 5, Nays 2; May 11, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 9 | 9 | | proposing a constitutional amendment providing that the holdover |
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| 10 | 10 | | provision of the Texas Constitution does not apply to a member of |
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| 11 | 11 | | the Texas Transportation Commission. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 17, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 17. (a) All officers within this State, other than a |
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| 16 | 16 | | member of the Texas Transportation Commission whose term has |
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| 17 | 17 | | expired, shall continue to perform the duties of their offices |
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| 18 | 18 | | until their successors shall be duly qualified. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) A member of the Texas Transportation Commission whose |
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| 20 | 20 | | term has expired may not continue to perform the duties of a member |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the commission, and a vacancy is created in the member's |
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| 22 | 22 | | position. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 24 | 24 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. |
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| 25 | 25 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 26 | 26 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing that the |
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| 27 | 27 | | holdover provision of the Texas Constitution does not apply to a |
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| 28 | 28 | | member of the Texas Transportation Commission." |
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| 29 | 29 | | * * * * * |
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