By: Maxey H.J.R. No. 35 73R940 JSA-D A JOINT RESOLUTION 1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the number of terms a 1-2 member of the house may serve as speaker. 1-3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Article III, Section 9(b), of the Texas 1-5 Constitution is amended to read as follows: 1-6 (b) The House of Representatives shall, when it first 1-7 assembles, organize temporarily, and thereupon proceed to the 1-8 election of a Speaker from its own members. A member may not serve 1-9 for more than three terms as Speaker. For purposes of this 1-10 section, a person serves a term as Speaker if the person serves in 1-11 that office during all or part of a regular session of the 1-12 Legislature. 1-13 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 1-14 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1993. 1-15 The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against 1-16 the proposition: "The constitutional amendment prohibiting a 1-17 member of the Texas House of Representatives from serving more than 1-18 three terms as speaker."