81R28894 JD-D
 
  By: Carona S.J.R. No. 55
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment providing that the holdover
  provision of the Texas Constitution does not apply to a member of
  the Texas Transportation Commission.
         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) All officers within this State, other than a
  member of the Texas Transportation Commission whose term has
  expired, shall continue to perform the duties of their offices
  until their successors shall be duly qualified.
         (b)  A member of the Texas Transportation Commission whose
  term has expired may not continue to perform the duties of a member
  of the commission, and a vacancy is created in the member's
  position.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2009.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition:  "The constitutional amendment providing that the
  holdover provision of the Texas Constitution does not apply to a
  member of the Texas Transportation Commission."