By Galloway                                     S.J.R. No. 18

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                                 A 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     four 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 four 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 that is

1-22     filled by statewide election if the person has twice previously

1-23     been elected at a statewide election to serve for a full term in

1-24     that same 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)  For purposes of this section, separate elective

 2-5     positions on the governing board of a state agency are considered

 2-6     to be the same office.

 2-7           (d)  Election to office before January 1, 1996, is not

 2-8     considered in determining whether a person is eligible to be

 2-9     elected to the same office under this section.

2-10           SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

2-11     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 1997.

2-12     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the

2-13     proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to limit the number of

2-14     terms that a person may be elected to serve as a member of the

2-15     legislature or as governor, lieutenant governor, or another

2-16     statewide elected officer in the executive branch."