S.J.R. No. 19 
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION


proposing a constitutional amendment to permit a current or retired 
faculty member of a public college or university to receive 
compensation for service on the governing body of a water district.
	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:
		(1)  a schoolteacher, retired schoolteacher, 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; and
		(2)  a faculty member or retired faculty member of a 
public institution of higher education may receive compensation for 
serving as a member of a governing body of a water district created 
under Section 59 of this article or under Section 52, Article III, 
of this constitution.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held September 13, 
2003.  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against 
the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to permit a current 
or retired faculty member of a public college or university to 
receive compensation for service on the governing body of a water 
district."





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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 19 was adopted by the Senate 
on April 14, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 0; and 
that the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 29, 2003, by 
the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 19 was adopted by the House, 
with amendments, on May 24, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 121, 
Nays 6, one present not voting.




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   Chief Clerk of the House