Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered new SECTION to read:
/ SECTION ___. (A) It is proposed that Section 7, Article VI of the Constitution of this State be amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end:
"Beginning upon the expiration of the term of the Commissioner of Agriculture serving in office on the date of the ratification of the provisions of this paragraph, the Commissioner of Agriculture must be appointed by the Governor, upon the advice and consent of the Senate. The appointed Commissioner of Agriculture shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the duties, compensation, and qualifications for office, and the procedures by which the appointment is made."
(B) The proposed amendment in subsection (A) must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballot:
"Must Section 7, Article VI of the Constitution of this State, relating to state constitutional officers, be amended so as to delete the Commissioner of Agriculture from the list of state officers which the Constitution requires to be elected; to provide that upon the expiration of the term of the Commissioner of Agriculture serving in office on the date of the ratification of this provision, the Commissioner of Agriculture must be appointed by the Governor, upon the advice and consent of the Senate; to provide that the appointed Commissioner of Agriculture shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor; and to require the General Assembly to provide by law for the duties, compensation, and qualifications for office, and the procedures by which the appointment is made?
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'No'." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.