87R12983 KJE-D
By: Crockett H.J.R. No. 128
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a student member
of the board of regents of a public institution of higher education
or public university system to serve a term that differs from the
terms served by the other members of the board.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30a, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 30a. (a) The Legislature may provide by law that the
governing boards of public institutions of higher education or
public university systems [Board of Regents of the State
University] and boards of trustees or managers of the other
educational, eleemosynary, and penal institutions of the State, and
such boards as have been, or may hereafter be established by law,
may be composed of an odd number of three or more members who serve
for a term of six (6) years, with one-third, or as near as one-third
as possible, of the members of such boards to be elected or
appointed every two (2) years in such manner as the Legislature may
determine; vacancies in such offices to be filled as may be provided
by law, and the Legislature shall enact suitable laws to give effect
to this section.
(b) The Legislature may provide by law that a board required
by this constitution be composed of members of any number divisible
by three (3) who serve for a term of six (6) years, with one-third of
the members elected or appointed every two (2) years.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) of this
section, the Legislature may provide that a position on the
governing board of a public institution of higher education or
public university system that by law must be held by a student of
the institution or system at the time of appointment may have a term
that is shorter than the terms of the other members of the board.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing a student
member of the board of regents of a public institution of higher
education or public university system to serve a shorter term than
the six-year terms served by the other members of the board."