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  By: Jackson S.J.R. No. 49
 
 
 
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the service of
  certain officeholders after the expiration of the person's term of
  office.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 17, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 17.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
  section, all [All] officers within this State shall continue to
  perform the duties of their offices until their successors shall be
  duly qualified.
         (b)  Following the expiration of a term of an appointive
  office that is filled by appointment by the Governor and subject to
  the advice and consent of the Senate, the period for which the
  officer shall continue to perform the duties of office under
  Subsection (a) of this section ends when and if, during a regular or
  special session of the legislature, the Senate by a vote of
  two-thirds of the members present adopts a resolution declaring an
  end to the officer's service. A person whose service ends under
  this subsection may not be appointed by the Governor before the next
  regular session following the adoption of the resolution to fill a
  vacancy in:
               (1)  the office for which service is ended under this
  subsection; or
               (2)  if the office for which service is ended under this
  subsection is a position on a board, commission, or similar state
  entity composed of multiple members, any other membership position
  on that board, commission, or entity.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2007.  
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition:  "The constitutional amendment limiting the holdover
  period an officeholder appointed by the governor may continue to
  perform the duties of the office after the expiration of the
  person's term."