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79R3885 KSD-D

By:  Rose                                                       H.J.R. No. 60 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a student member 
of the board of regents of a state institution of higher education 
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 30a, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 30a.  (a)  The Legislature may provide by law that the 
governing boards of state institutions of higher education or state 
university systems [Board of Regents of the State University] and 
boards of trustees or managers of the other 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.
	(c)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), the 
Legislature may provide that a position on the governing board of a 
state institution of higher education or state university system 
that by law must be held by a student of the institution or system at 
the time of appointment may have a term that is shorter than the 
terms of the other members of the board.
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2005.  
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 institution of higher 
education or state university system to serve a shorter term than 
the six-year terms served by the other members of the board."