By Shields                                             H.J.R. No. 7
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                                 A JOINT RESOLUTION
 1-1     proposing a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on the
 1-2     Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House of
 1-3     Representatives.
 1-4           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Article III, Texas Constitution, Section 9(b) is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 9.  (b)  The House of Representatives shall, when it
 1-8     first assembles, organize temporarily, and thereupon proceed to the
 1-9     election of a Speaker from its own members.  No Speaker shall serve
1-10     more than four consecutive two-year terms.
1-11           SECTION 2.  Article IV, Texas Constitution, Section 4, is
1-12     amended to read as follows:
1-13           The Governor elected at the general election [in 1974, and
1-14     thereafter,] shall be installed on the first Tuesday after the
1-15     organization of the Legislature, or as soon thereafter as
1-16     practicable, and shall hold his office for the term of four years,
1-17     or until his successor shall be duly installed.  No Governor shall
1-18     serve more than two consecutive four-year terms.  [He] The Governor
1-19     shall be at least thirty years of age, a citizen of the United
1-20     States, and shall have resided in this State at least five years
1-21     immediately preceding [his] election.
 2-1           SECTION 3.  Article IV, Texas Constitution, Section 16 is
 2-2     amended to add:
 2-3           No Lieutenant Governor shall serve more than two consecutive
 2-4     four-year terms.
 2-5           SECTION 4.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
 2-6     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1999.
 2-7     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
 2-8     proposition: "The constitutional amendment to impose term limits on
 2-9     the office of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the
2-10     House of Representatives."