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."