Bill Text: TX SJR34 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the service of certain officeholders after the expiration of the person's term of office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-05-25 - Filed with the Secretary of State [SJR34 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SJR34-Enrolled.html
S.J.R. No. 34 |
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 [ |
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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." | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 34 was adopted by the Senate | ||
on April 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.J.R. No. 34 was adopted by the House | ||
on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 4, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||