By: Leedom S.J.R. No. 14 A JOINT RESOLUTION 1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a 1-2 person may serve in certain executive offices. 1-3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Article IV of the Texas Constitution is amended 1-5 by adding Section 2a to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 2a. (a) No person shall be elected to an office listed 1-7 in Section 1 of this article or to any other statewide office, 1-8 other than a judicial office, more than twice, and no person who 1-9 has held an office, or acted in that office, for more than half of 1-10 the full term of that office may be elected to that office more 1-11 than once. 1-12 (b) For purposes of this section, service in more than one 1-13 elective position on the governing board of a state agency is 1-14 considered service in the same office. This subsection does not 1-15 apply to ex officio service on a governing board. 1-16 (c) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from 1-17 continuing to serve in an office covered by this section after the 1-18 end of a term as a holdover under Article XVI, Section 17, of this 1-19 constitution until a successor is qualified. 1-20 SECTION 2. Service in office before January 1, 1997, does 1-21 not count for purposes of determining whether a person is 1-22 disqualified from office under this resolution. 1-23 SECTION 3. This 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 an elected state officer in the 2-5 executive branch."