Bill Text: TX SJR34 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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By: Birdwell | S.J.R. No. 34 |
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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, the period for which the officer shall | ||
continue to perform the duties of office under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section ends: | ||
(1) if the term expires when the Legislature is not | ||
convened in regular session, on the last day of the next regular | ||
session of the Legislature; or | ||
(2) if the term expires when the Legislature is | ||
convened in regular session, on the last day of that regular | ||
session. | ||
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 | ||
an officeholder appointed by the governor and confirmed by the | ||
senate after the expiration of the person's term of office." |