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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a student member |
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of the board of regents of a state institution of higher education |
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or state university system to serve a term that differs from the |
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terms served by the other members of the board. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 30a, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 30a. (a) The Legislature may provide by law that the |
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governing boards of state institutions of higher education or state |
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university systems [Board of Regents of the State University] and |
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boards of trustees or managers of the other educational, |
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eleemosynary, and penal institutions of the State, and such boards |
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as have been, or may hereafter be established by law, may be |
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composed of an odd number of three or more members who serve for a |
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term of six (6) years, with one-third, or as near as one-third as |
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possible, of the members of such boards to be elected or appointed |
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every two (2) years in such manner as the Legislature may determine; |
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vacancies in such offices to be filled as may be provided by law, |
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and the Legislature shall enact suitable laws to give effect to this |
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section. |
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(b) The Legislature may provide by law that a board required |
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by this constitution be composed of members of any number divisible |
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by three (3) who serve for a term of six (6) years, with one-third of |
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the members elected or appointed every two (2) years. |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), the |
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Legislature may provide that a position on the governing board of a |
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state institution of higher education or state university system |
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that by law must be held by a student of the institution or system at |
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the time of appointment may have a term that is shorter than the |
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terms of the other members of the board. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009. |
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The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing a student |
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member of the board of regents of a state institution of higher |
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education or state university system to serve a shorter term than |
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the six-year terms served by the other members of the board." |