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."