1-1 By: Gray (Senate Sponsor - Brown) H.J.R. No. 95 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 1999; 1-3 May 14, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran 1-4 Affairs and Military Installations; May 14, 1999, reported 1-5 favorably by the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 14, 1999, 1-6 sent to printer.) 1-7 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 1-8 proposing a constitutional amendment to provide a four-year term 1-9 for the adjutant general and to provide that the term runs 1-10 concurrently with the term of the governor. 1-11 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Section 30, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is 1-13 amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-14 (e) If the legislature establishes an office, known as the 1-15 office of the adjutant general or known by another title, that is 1-16 filled by appointment by the governor and that is the single 1-17 governing office, subordinate only to the governor, of the state 1-18 military forces, the person holding that office has a term of four 1-19 years running concurrently with the term of the governor. However, 1-20 the term of that officer expires on the date on which the governor 1-21 who appointed that officer ceases to hold office as governor. 1-22 SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to the 1-23 Texas Constitution: 1-24 TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies 1-25 to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 76th Legislature, 1-26 Regular Session, 1999, that provides a four-year term for the 1-27 adjutant general and that provides that the term runs concurrently 1-28 with the term of the governor. 1-29 (b) The term of the person who holds office as the adjutant 1-30 general on the effective date of that constitutional amendment 1-31 expires as provided by that constitutional amendment. 1-32 (c) This temporary provision expires February 1, 2003. 1-33 SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 1-34 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1999. 1-35 The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 1-36 proposition: "The constitutional amendment to provide a four-year 1-37 term for the adjutant general and to provide that the term runs 1-38 concurrently with the term of the governor." 1-39 * * * * *