Amend HJR 85 on third reading as follows:
      (1)  In SECTION 1 of the resolution, in amended Section
30(b), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, strike all the underlined
language and substitute the following:
A Commissioner who, during the term for which the Commissioner is
elected or appointed, announces candidacy or in fact becomes a
candidate in any general, special, or primary election for any
other office of profit or trust under the laws of this State or the
United States is considered to have resigned the office of Railroad
Commissioner.  The vacancy created by the automatic resignation
shall be filled as provided by this section.
      (2)  Strike SECTION 2 of the resolution and substitute the
following:
      SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1999.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to provide for the
automatic resignation of a railroad commissioner who during the
term for which the railroad commissioner is elected or appointed
becomes a candidate for another public office."