Bill Text: TX HJR97 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to rename the Railroad Commission of Texas as the Texas Energy Commission.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-27 - Left pending in committee [HJR97 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HJR97-Introduced.html
| By: Dale | H.J.R. No. 97 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment to rename the Railroad | ||
| Commission of Texas as the Texas Energy Commission. | ||
| 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: | ||
| (b) When a Texas Energy [ |
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| 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 Texas Energy | ||
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| 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 5, 2013. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment to rename the Railroad | ||
| Commission of Texas as the Texas Energy Commission." | ||
