By: Carriker S.J.R. No. 26
73R4649 KLL-D
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the number of
1-2 members on the Texas Ethics Commission and to require vacancies to
1-3 be filled expeditiously.
1-4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Article III, Sections 24a(a) and (c), of the
1-6 Texas Constitution are amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) The Texas Ethics Commission is a state agency consisting
1-8 of the following nine <eight> members:
1-9 (1) two members of different political parties
1-10 appointed by the governor from a list of at least 10 names
1-11 submitted by the members of the house of representatives from each
1-12 political party required by law to hold a primary;
1-13 (2) two members of different political parties
1-14 appointed by the governor from a list of at least 10 names
1-15 submitted by the members of the senate from each political party
1-16 required by law to hold a primary;
1-17 (3) two members of different political parties
1-18 appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives from a
1-19 list of at least 10 names submitted by the members of the house
1-20 from each political party required by law to hold a primary; <and>
1-21 (4) two members of different political parties
1-22 appointed by the lieutenant governor from a list of at least 10
1-23 names submitted by the members of the senate from each political
1-24 party required by law to hold a primary; and
2-1 (5) one member appointed by the governor from a list
2-2 of at least 10 names submitted by the supreme court.
2-3 (c) Commission <With the exception of the initial
2-4 appointees, commission> members serve for staggered four-year
2-5 terms. <Each appointing official will make one initial appointment
2-6 for a two-year term and one initial appointment for a four-year
2-7 term.> A vacancy on the commission shall be filled for the
2-8 unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as the original
2-9 appointment. A vacancy on the commission shall be filled as
2-10 expeditiously as possible but not later than the 60th day after the
2-11 date on which the vacancy occurs. The members of the legislature
2-12 or supreme court who are required to submit a list to the official
2-13 making the appointment to fill the vacancy shall submit the list as
2-14 expeditiously as possible but not later than the 30th day after the
2-15 date on which the vacancy occurs. If the governor is the
2-16 appointing official and rejects all names on the list, a new list
2-17 must be submitted not later than the 30th day after the date of the
2-18 rejection, and the appointment must be made not later than the 60th
2-19 day after the date of the rejection. A member who has served for
2-20 one term and any part of a second term is not eligible for
2-21 reappointment.
2-22 SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to the
2-23 Texas Constitution:
2-24 TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies
2-25 to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 73rd Legislature,
2-26 Regular Session, 1993, to increase the number of members on the
2-27 Texas Ethics Commission.
3-1 (b) The first member of the Texas Ethics Commission
3-2 appointed under Article III, Section 24a(a)(5), of this
3-3 constitution serves for a four-year term.
3-4 (c) This temporary provision expires January 1, 1999.
3-5 SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
3-6 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1993.
3-7 The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
3-8 the proposition: "The constitutional amendment to add one
3-9 additional member to the Texas Ethics Commission and to require
3-10 vacancies to be filled expeditiously."