By: Jackson S.J.R. No. 49

(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2007; March 22, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; April 16, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 16, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 49 By: Jackson

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 appointive office that is filled by appointment of 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 on:

(1) the 30th day after the date of the start of the first regular session of the legislature that occurs after the term expires; or

(2) if the term expires during a regular session of the legislature, the 30th day after the date the term expires.

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 of officeholder appointed by the governor may continue to perform the duties of the office after the expiration of the person's term."

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