By Driver H.J.R. No. 48 74R3141 JSA-D 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."