By Shields H.J.R. No. 105 75R5939 JRD-D A JOINT RESOLUTION 1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment providing that the legislature 1-2 may create a commission to recommend abolishing or reducing the 1-3 size of state agencies and require future legislatures to accept or 1-4 reject, but not amend, the commission's recommendations. 1-5 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by 1-7 adding Section 31a to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 31a. The legislature by general law may: 1-9 (1) create a commission to study state agencies and 1-10 institutions in the executive department of state government and 1-11 recommend that certain of those agencies or institutions be 1-12 abolished or reduced to a specified size; and 1-13 (2) notwithstanding Section 11 or 31 of this article, 1-14 require future legislatures to accept or reject, but not amend, a 1-15 list of substantive recommendations presented to the legislature by 1-16 the commission. 1-17 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 1-18 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997. 1-19 The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 1-20 proposition: "The constitutional amendment providing that the 1-21 legislature may create a commission to recommend abolishing or 1-22 reducing the size of state agencies and require future legislatures 1-23 to accept or reject but not amend the commission's 1-24 recommendations."