Bill Text: TX HJR47 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Left pending in committee [HJR47 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HJR47-Introduced.html

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85R3416 JXC-F
By: Phillips H.J.R. No. 47

A JOINT RESOLUTION
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 [When a Railroad] Commission [is
created by law it] shall be composed of three Commissioners who
shall be elected by the people at a general election for State
officers, and their terms of office shall be six years. And one
[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 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."