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, more than one year before the expiration of 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.  The following temporary provision is added to the
Texas Constitution:
      TEMPORARY PROVISION.  (a)  This temporary provision applies
to the constitutional amendment proposed by HJR 85, 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, and expires January 2, 2019.
      (b)  The amendment to Section 30(b), Article XVI, of this
constitution made by the constitutional amendment does not apply to
a person who is serving as a Railroad Commissioner on November 2,
1999.
      SECTION 3.  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 becomes a
candidate for another public office more than one year before the
end of the term for which the railroad commissioner is elected or
appointed."