79R5664 MTB-D

By:  Shapiro                                                    S.J.R. No. 35 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment to change the name of the 
Railroad Commission of Texas to the Texas Energy Commission.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 30, Article XVI, Texas 
Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  When a Texas Energy [Railroad] Commission is created by 
law it shall be composed of three Commissioners who shall be elected 
by the people at a general election for State officers, and their 
terms of office shall be six years. And one Energy [Railroad] 
Commissioner shall be elected every two years. In case of vacancy in 
said office the Governor of the State shall fill said vacancy by 
appointment until the next general election.
	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 to change the name of 
the Railroad Commission of Texas to the Texas Energy Commission."