Bill Text: TX HJR139 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment adding a Railroad Commissioner.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Referred to Energy Resources [HJR139 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HJR139-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Deshotel H.J.R. No. 139
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment adding a Railroad
  Commissioner.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 30, Article XVI, Texas
  Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
         When a Railroad Commission is created by law it shall be
  composed of threefour Commissioners who shall be elected by the
  people at a general election for State officers, and theirtwo
  Commissioners terms of office shall be six years. And onetwo
  Railroad Commissioner shall be elected every two years. In case of
  vacancy in said office the Governor of the State shall fill said
  vacancy by appointment until the next general election.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment to add a commissioner to
  the Railroad Commission."
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