By Marchant H.J.R. No. 1 74R4510 JSA-D A JOINT RESOLUTION 1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the number of terms 1-2 to which a person may be elected to the Texas Legislature or the 1-3 United States Congress. 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) Legislative service before the legislature convenes in 1-16 regular session in 1997 is not considered in determining whether a 1-17 person is disqualified from election to office under this section. 1-18 SECTION 2. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by 1-19 adding Section 13 to read as follows: 1-20 Sec. 13. (a) A person is not eligible to be a candidate in 1-21 an election to be a member of the United States Senate from this 1-22 state if the person has previously been elected to two full 1-23 six-year terms as a member of the United States Senate. 1-24 (b) A person is not eligible to be a candidate in an 2-1 election to be a member of the United States House of 2-2 Representatives from this state if the person has previously been 2-3 elected to six full two-year terms as a member of the United States 2-4 House of Representatives. 2-5 (c) Service as a member of the United States Congress for a 2-6 term that begins before January 1, 1997, is not counted in 2-7 determining whether a person is disqualified as a candidate under 2-8 this section. 2-9 (d) If the courts of the United States in an opinion or 2-10 other action applicable to this state determine that a state may 2-11 not prohibit a person from being a candidate in an election to the 2-12 United States Congress because of the person's prior service in or 2-13 election to the Congress but may limit a person with specified 2-14 prior service as a member of Congress to a write-in candidacy, 2-15 Subsections (a) and (b) of this section apply only to the 2-16 eligibility of a person to be a candidate whose name appears on the 2-17 ballot in the applicable election. 2-18 SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 2-19 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 1995. 2-20 The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 2-21 following proposition: "The constitutional amendment to impose 2-22 term limits on members of the Texas Legislature and on members of 2-23 the United States Congress elected from this state."