78R8566 JRJ-D

By:  Krusee                                                     H.J.R. No. 10 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature 
to provide for a six-year term for a board member of an 
intermunicipal commuter rail district.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Section 30, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is 
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  The Legislature by general law may provide that members 
of the board of an intermunicipal commuter rail district serve 
terms not to exceed six years, with one-third, or as near as 
one-third as possible, of the members of the board to be appointed 
every two years.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2003.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the 
legislature to provide for a six-year term for a board member of an 
intermunicipal commuter rail district."