By:  Sibley                                           S.J.R. No. 37
                                SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a
    1-2  person may serve in legislative office or in a statewide elective
    1-3  executive office.
    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  six 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 six regular sessions of the
   1-14  legislature.
   1-15        (c)  Legislative service before the legislature convenes in
   1-16  regular session in 1997 is not considered in determining whether a
   1-17  person is disqualified from election to office under this section.
   1-18        SECTION 2.  Article IV, Texas Constitution, is amended by
   1-19  adding Section 27 to read as follows:
   1-20        Sec. 27.  (a)  A person is not eligible to be elected to an
   1-21  office in the executive department of state government if the
   1-22  person has twice previously been elected to serve for a full term
   1-23  or to fill an unexpired term in that office.
    2-1        (b)  This section applies to an office in the executive
    2-2  department of state government without regard to whether the office
    2-3  is listed under Section 1 of this article.
    2-4        (c)  Election to office before January 1, 1997, is not
    2-5  considered in determining whether a person is eligible to be
    2-6  elected to the same office under this section.
    2-7        SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
    2-8  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 1995.
    2-9  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
   2-10  proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to limit the number of
   2-11  terms that a person may be elected to serve as a member of the
   2-12  legislature or as governor, lieutenant governor, or another elected
   2-13  officer in the executive branch."