By Averitt                                            H.J.R. No. 23
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the number of times
    1-2  an official in the executive or legislative department of the state
    1-3  may be elected.
    1-4        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Article XVI of the Texas Constitution is amended
    1-6  by adding Section 30c to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 30c.  (a)  No person may be elected more than two times
    1-8  to the same office in the Executive Department of the State if the
    1-9  office is filled by statewide election.
   1-10        (b)  No person may be elected more than two times to
   1-11  four-year terms in the Texas Senate, and no person may be elected
   1-12  to serve longer than 10 years in the Texas Senate.
   1-13        (c)  No person may be elected more than four times to the
   1-14  Texas House of Representatives.
   1-15        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-16  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 1995.
   1-17  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
   1-18  the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to limit the number
   1-19  of times persons in the executive and legislative departments of
   1-20  the state may be elected."