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By: Birdwell |
S.J.R. No. 34 |
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(In the Senate - Filed January 25, 2017; February 13, 2017, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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April 18, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 18, 2017, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.J.R. No. 34 |
By: Birdwell |
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the service of |
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certain officeholders after the expiration of the person's term of |
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office. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 17, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 17. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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section, all [All] officers of [within] this State shall continue |
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to perform the duties of their offices until their successors shall |
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be duly qualified. |
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(b) Following the expiration of a term of an appointive |
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office that is filled by appointment of the Governor with the advice |
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and consent of the Senate and that is not an office for which the |
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officer receives a salary, the period for which the officer shall |
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continue to perform the duties of office under Subsection (a) of |
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this section ends on the last day of the first regular session of |
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the Legislature that begins after the expiration of the term. |
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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 7, 2017. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment limiting the service of |
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certain officeholders appointed by the governor and confirmed by |
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the senate after the expiration of the person's term of office." |
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