Bill Text: TX HJR47 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to change the name of the Railroad Commission of Texas to the Texas Energy Commission and to mandate that there be such an agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Left pending in committee [HJR47 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HJR47-Introduced.html
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By: Phillips | H.J.R. No. 47 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to change the name of the | ||
Railroad Commission of Texas to the Texas Energy Commission and to | ||
mandate that there be such an agency. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 30(b), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The Texas Energy [ |
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shall be elected by the people at a general election for State | ||
officers, and their terms of office shall be six years. And one | ||
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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 7, 2017. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to change the name of | ||
the Railroad Commission of Texas to the Texas Energy Commission and | ||
to mandate that there be such an agency." |