85R5147 TJB-D
By: Birdwell S.J.R. No. 34
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the service of
certain officeholders after the expiration of the person's term of
office.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 17, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 17. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
section, all [All] officers of [within] this State shall continue
to perform the duties of their offices until their successors shall
be duly qualified.
(b) Following the expiration of a term of an appointive
office that is filled by appointment of the Governor with the advice
and consent of the Senate, the period for which the officer shall
continue to perform the duties of office under Subsection (a) of
this section ends:
(1) if the term expires when the Legislature is not
convened in regular session, on the last day of the next regular
session of the Legislature; or
(2) if the term expires when the Legislature is
convened in regular session, on the last day of that regular
session.
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 limiting the service of
an officeholder appointed by the governor and confirmed by the
senate after the expiration of the person's term of office."