By:  Hunter, Todd                                    H.J.R. No. 114
       73R4803 JSA-D
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the number of terms
    1-2  that a person may serve in the senate or house of representatives.
    1-3        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Article III of the Texas Constitution is amended
    1-5  by adding Section 7a to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 7a.  (a)  A person who has served as a member of the
    1-7  senate for two four-year terms or for a four-year term and two
    1-8  two-year terms  is not eligible to serve again as a member of the
    1-9  senate, except to the extent that the person serves until the
   1-10  person's successor has qualified.
   1-11        (b)  A person who has served as a member of the house of
   1-12  representatives for four terms is not eligible to serve again as a
   1-13  member of the house of representatives, except to the extent that
   1-14  the person serves until the person's successor has qualified.
   1-15        (c)  For purposes of this section, a person is considered to
   1-16  have served a term if the person served more than one-half of the
   1-17  full term.
   1-18        (d)  Service in the legislature during a term that began
   1-19  before the legislature convenes in regular session in 1995 is not
   1-20  counted in determining whether a person is disqualified from
   1-21  serving in a house of the legislature under this section.
   1-22        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-23  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1993.
   1-24  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
    2-1  the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to limit the number
    2-2  of terms that a person may serve as a member of the state senate or
    2-3  state house of representatives."