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By:  Eissler                                                    H.J.R. No. 58 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment to allow current and retired 
college professors to receive compensation for serving on the 
governing bodies of school districts, cities, towns, or other local 
governmental districts, including water districts.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 40, Article XVI, Texas 
Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  State employees or other individuals who receive all or 
part of their compensation either directly or indirectly from funds 
of the State of Texas and who are not State officers, shall not be 
barred from serving as members of the governing bodies of school 
districts, cities, towns, or other local governmental districts.  
Such State employees or other individuals may not receive a salary 
for serving as members of such governing bodies, except that a 
schoolteacher, retired schoolteacher, college professor, retired 
college professor, or retired school administrator may receive 
compensation for serving as a member of a governing body of a school 
district, city, town, or local governmental district, including a 
water district created under Section 59, Article XVI, or Section 
52, Article III.
	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 provide for voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to allow current and 
retired college professors to receive compensation for serving on 
the governing bodies of school districts, cities, towns, or other 
local governmental districts, including water districts."