By: Birdwell S.J.R. No. 34
(In the Senate - Filed January 25, 2017; February 13, 2017,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 18, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 18, 2017,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 34 By: Birdwell
SENATE 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 and that is not an office for which the
officer receives a salary, the period for which the officer shall
continue to perform the duties of office under Subsection (a) of
this section ends on the last day of the first regular session of
the Legislature that begins after the expiration of the term.
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
certain officeholders appointed by the governor and confirmed by
the senate after the expiration of the person's term of office."
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