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

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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

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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."