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By:  Mowery                                                     H.J.R. No. 35 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the election of 
members of the State Board of Education.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Section 8, Article VII, Texas Constitution, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 8.  The Legislature shall provide by law for a State 
Board of Education, whose members shall be [appointed or] elected 
in such manner [and by such authority] and shall serve for such 
terms as the Legislature shall prescribe not to exceed six years.  
The said board shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by 
law.
	SECTION 2.  The 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 relating to the 
election of members of the State Board of Education."