By Driver                                             H.J.R. No. 48
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                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a
    1-2  person may serve in legislative office or on a state board of
    1-3  education.
    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  the eight most recent 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 the eight most recent regular
   1-14  sessions of the legislature.
   1-15        (c)  Legislative service before the legislature convenes in
   1-16  regular session in 1997 is not counted in determining whether a
   1-17  person is disqualified from election to office under this section.
   1-18        SECTION 2.  Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by
   1-19  adding Section 7 to read as follows:
   1-20        Sec. 7.  (a)  A person is not eligible to a full or partial
   1-21  term as a member of the State Board of Education or another
   1-22  statewide board or commission the principal functions of which
   1-23  relate to public education at the primary and secondary levels  if
   1-24  on the date the term begins the person has served on that board or
    2-1  commission during any part of each of the 16 most recent calendar
    2-2  years preceding the calendar year in which the term begins.
    2-3        (b)  Nothing in this section prohibits a person from
    2-4  continuing to serve in an office covered by this section after the
    2-5  end of a term as a holdover under Section 17, Article XVI, of this
    2-6  constitution until a successor is qualified.
    2-7        (c)  For purposes of this section, a calendar year begins
    2-8  January 1 and ends December 31.
    2-9        (d)  Service in office before January 1, 1997, is not counted
   2-10  in determining whether a person is disqualified from office under
   2-11  this section.
   2-12        SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   2-13  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 1995.
   2-14  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
   2-15  following proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to limit the
   2-16  time that a person may serve as a member of either house of the
   2-17  Texas Legislature or as a member of the State Board of Education."