74R12558 JSA-D
By Marchant, et al. H.J.R. No. 1
Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 1:
By Wolens C.S.H.J.R. No. 1
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a
1-2 person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature or the United
1-3 States Congress or as an elected state officer.
1-4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by
1-6 adding Section 7a to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 7a. (a) A person is not eligible to be elected to the
1-8 house of representatives if, on the date of the election, the
1-9 person has served as a member of the house during all or part of
1-10 six regular sessions of the legislature.
1-11 (b) A person is not eligible to be elected to the senate if,
1-12 on the date of the election, the person has served as a member of
1-13 the senate during all or part of six regular sessions of the
1-14 legislature.
1-15 (c) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person
1-16 under this section to be elected to the house of representatives or
1-17 senate, all service during a regular session of the legislature
1-18 before the date this section takes effect is counted in the same
1-19 manner as service during a regular session of the legislature on or
1-20 after the date this section takes effect.
1-21 SECTION 2. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
1-22 adding Section 13 to read as follows:
1-23 Sec. 13. (a) A person is not eligible to be a candidate in
1-24 an election to be a member of the United States Senate from this
2-1 state if the person has previously been elected to two full
2-2 six-year terms as a member of the United States Senate.
2-3 (b) A person is not eligible to be a candidate in an
2-4 election to be a member of the United States House of
2-5 Representatives from this state if the person has previously been
2-6 elected to six full two-year terms as a member of the United States
2-7 House of Representatives.
2-8 (c) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person
2-9 under this section to be a candidate in an election to be a member
2-10 of the United States Senate or United States House of
2-11 Representatives, each election to a full term of office before the
2-12 date this section takes effect is counted in the same manner as
2-13 election to a full term of office on or after the date this section
2-14 takes effect.
2-15 SECTION 3. Article IV, Texas Constitution, is amended by
2-16 adding Section 2a to read as follows:
2-17 Sec. 2a. (a) A person is not eligible to be elected or
2-18 appointed to a full or partial term in an elective office listed in
2-19 Section 1 of this article or in any other state office, other than
2-20 a judicial office, elected by the voters at a statewide election,
2-21 if on the date the term begins the person has served in that office
2-22 during any part of each of 12 or more calendar years.
2-23 (b) A person is not eligible to be elected or appointed to a
2-24 full or partial term as a member of a state board, commission, or
2-25 other governing body, the members of which are elected by the
2-26 voters of the entire state at statewide elections or at elections
2-27 held within electoral districts, if on the date the term begins the
3-1 person has served as a member of the board, commission, or body
3-2 during any part of each of 12 or more calendar years.
3-3 (c) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person
3-4 under Subsection (a) of this section to be elected to the office of
3-5 lieutenant governor, prior service as a member of the senate counts
3-6 as prior service in the office of lieutenant governor.
3-7 (d) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person
3-8 under this section to be elected or appointed to an office, all
3-9 service in office before the date this section takes effect is
3-10 counted in the same manner as service in office on or after the
3-11 date this section takes effect.
3-12 (e) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from
3-13 continuing to serve in an office covered by this section after the
3-14 end of a term as a holdover under Section 17, Article XVI, of this
3-15 constitution until a successor is qualified.
3-16 (f) For purposes of this section, a calendar year begins
3-17 January 1 and ends December 31.
3-18 SECTION 4. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
3-19 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 1995.
3-20 The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
3-21 following proposition: "The constitutional amendment to limit the
3-22 time that a person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature
3-23 or the United States Congress or as an elected state officer in the
3-24 executive branch of government."