H.J.R. No. 79 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature 
to provide for a six-year term for a board member of a regional 
mobility authority.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Section 30, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is 
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  The Legislature by general law may provide that members 
of the board of a regional mobility authority serve terms not to 
exceed six years, with no more than one-third of the members of the 
board to be appointed every two years.
	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 permit voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment authorizing the 
legislature to provide for a six-year term for a board member of a 
regional mobility authority."




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.J.R. No. 79 was passed by the House on May 
11, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 124, Nays 11, 3 present, not 
voting.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.J.R. No. 79 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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