By Driver H.J.R. No. 26 75R1991 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. This subsection does not prohibit a 1-15 person who has served as a member of the senate during all or part 1-16 of the seven most recent regular sessions of the legislature from 1-17 being elected to or serving a four-year term in the senate even 1-18 though at the end of that term the person will have served during 1-19 all or part of the eight most recent regular sessions. 1-20 (c) Legislative service before the legislature convenes in 1-21 regular session in 1999 is not counted in determining whether a 1-22 person is disqualified from election to office under this section. 1-23 SECTION 2. Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by 1-24 adding Section 7 to read as follows: 2-1 Sec. 7. (a) A person is not eligible to a full or partial 2-2 term as a member of the State Board of Education or another 2-3 statewide board or commission the principal functions of which 2-4 relate to public education at the primary and secondary levels if 2-5 on the date the term begins the person has served on that board or 2-6 commission during any part of each of the 16 most recent calendar 2-7 years preceding the calendar year in which the term begins. 2-8 (b) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from 2-9 continuing to serve in an office covered by this section after the 2-10 end of a term as a holdover under Section 17, Article XVI, of this 2-11 constitution until a successor is qualified. 2-12 (c) For purposes of this section, a calendar year begins 2-13 January 1 and ends December 31. 2-14 (d) Service in office before January 1, 1999, is not counted 2-15 in determining whether a person is disqualified from office under 2-16 this section. 2-17 SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 2-18 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997. 2-19 The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 2-20 following proposition: "The constitutional amendment to limit the 2-21 time that a person may serve as a member of either house of the 2-22 Texas Legislature or as a member of the State Board of Education."