By: Leedom S.J.R. No. 13 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a 1-2 person may serve in legislative office. 1-3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Article III of the Texas Constitution is amended 1-5 by adding Section 7a to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 7a. (a) A person is not eligible to be elected to the 1-7 house of representatives if, before the date of the election, the 1-8 person has served as a member of the house during all or part of 1-9 the preceding six consecutive regular sessions of the legislature. 1-10 (b) A person is not eligible to be elected to the senate, if 1-11 before the date of the election, the person has served as a member 1-12 of the senate during all or part of the preceding six consecutive 1-13 regular sessions of the legislature. This subsection does not 1-14 prohibit a person who has served as a member of the senate during 1-15 all or part of five regular sessions of the legislature from being 1-16 elected to or serving a four-year term in the senate even though at 1-17 the end of that term the person will have served during all or part 1-18 of more than six regular sessions. 1-19 SECTION 2. Legislative service before the legislature 1-20 convenes in regular session in 1997 is not counted in determining 1-21 whether a person is disqualified from election to office under 1-22 Section 1 of this resolution. 1-23 SECTION 3. The proposed constitutional amendment shall be 2-1 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 1995. 2-2 The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against 2-3 the following proposition: "The constitutional amendment to limit 2-4 the time that a person may serve as a member of the Texas 2-5 Legislature."