By: Birdwell S.J.R. No. 34
 
 
  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 of [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 of the Governor with the advice
  and consent of the Senate and that is not an office for which the
  officer receives a salary, the period for which the officer shall
  continue to perform the duties of office under Subsection (a) of
  this section ends on the last day of the first regular session of
  the Legislature that begins after the expiration of the term.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment limiting the service of
  certain officeholders appointed by the governor and confirmed by
  the senate after the expiration of the person's term of office."