78R8593 KSD-D

By:  Wilson                                                     H.J.R. No. 92 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a student member 
of the board of regents of a state university or state university 
system to serve a term that differs from the terms served by the 
other members of the board.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Section 16-a, Article VII, Texas Constitution, 
is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 16-a.  (a)  The Legislature shall fix by law the terms 
of all offices of the public school system and of the State 
institutions of higher education, inclusive, and the terms of 
members of the respective boards, not to exceed six years.
	(b)  If the Legislature provides for a position on the 
governing board of an institution of higher education or university 
system that must be held by a student of the institution or system, 
the term of that position is not required to be the same as the terms 
of the other members of the board.
	SECTION 2.  Section 30a, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 30a.  (a) The Legislature may provide by law that the 
[Board of Regents of the State University and] boards of trustees or 
managers of the [educational,] eleemosynary[,] and penal 
institutions of the State, and such boards as have been, or may 
hereafter be established by law, may be composed of an odd number of 
three or more members who serve for a term of six (6) years, with 
one-third, or as near as one-third as possible, of the members of 
such boards to be elected or appointed every two (2) years in such 
manner as the Legislature may determine; vacancies in such offices 
to be filled as may be provided by law, and the Legislature shall 
enact suitable laws to give effect to this section.
	(b)  The Legislature may provide by law that a board required 
by this constitution be composed of members of any number divisible 
by three (3) who serve for a term of six (6) years, with one-third of 
the members elected or appointed every two (2) years.
	SECTION 3.  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 authorizing a student 
member of the board of regents of a state university or state 
university system to serve a term that differs from the terms served 
by the other members of the board."