By Swinford                                            H.J.R. No. 7
       74R3703 JSA-D
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the eligibility of
    1-2  certain public officers to seek election to and serve in the
    1-3  legislature.
    1-4        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 19, Article III, Texas Constitution, is
    1-6  amended to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 19.  (a)  If the <No> judge of any court of this state
    1-8  or a political subdivision of this state, the Secretary of State,
    1-9  the Attorney General, the clerk of any court of record of this
   1-10  state or a political subdivision of this state, or any person
   1-11  holding a lucrative office under this state other than a member of
   1-12  the Legislature announces his or her candidacy or in fact becomes a
   1-13  candidate in a general, special, or primary election for the
   1-14  Legislature for a legislative term that begins before the
   1-15  expiration of the person's current term of office, the announcement
   1-16  or candidacy constitutes an automatic resignation from that office,
   1-17  and the vacancy created shall be filled in the manner provided by
   1-18  law.  A person may not continue to perform the duties of an office
   1-19  covered by this subsection under Section 17, Article XVI, of this
   1-20  Constitution or any other law after the person announces his or her
   1-21  candidacy or in fact becomes a candidate in a general, special, or
   1-22  primary election for the Legislature.
   1-23        (b)  A person holding a lucrative office under the United
   1-24  States<, or this State,> or any foreign government is not <shall
    2-1  during the term for which he is elected or appointed, be> eligible
    2-2  to election to or service in the Legislature.  The ineligibility
    2-3  created by this subsection does not apply if the person resigns
    2-4  from or for any reason ceases to serve in the office.
    2-5        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
    2-6  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 1995.
    2-7  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
    2-8  proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to provide that persons
    2-9  currently ineligible to the legislature because they hold certain
   2-10  public offices may become eligible to the legislature by resigning
   2-11  from or ceasing to hold office."