By Talton                                             H.J.R. No. 24
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                                 A JOINT RESOLUTION
 1-1     proposing a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on
 1-2     state, district, and local elective offices.
 1-3           BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
 1-5     adding Section 29 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 29.  (a)  A person is not eligible to be elected to a
 1-7     full or partial term in any elective office under this state if on
 1-8     the date the term begins the person has served in that office
 1-9     during any part of each of 12 or more calendar years.
1-10           (b)  For purposes of this section, service in more than one
1-11     elective position on a governing body is considered service in the
1-12     same office.  This subsection does not apply to ex officio service
1-13     on a governing body.
1-14           (c)  Nothing in this section prohibits a person from
1-15     continuing to serve in an office covered by this section after the
1-16     end of a term as a holdover under Section 17 of this article until
1-17     a successor is qualified.
1-18           (d)  For purposes of this section, a calendar year begins
1-19     January 1 and ends December 31.
1-20           (e)  Service in office before January 1, 2001, does not count
1-21     for purposes of determining whether a person is disqualified from
1-22     election to office under this section.
1-23           (f)  This section does not prohibit the legislature by
1-24     general law or a political subdivision of this state by charter,
 2-1     ordinance, order, or other appropriate means from imposing a more
 2-2     restrictive limit on the time or number of terms that a person may
 2-3     serve in an elective office.
 2-4           (g)  This section does not apply to an office for which
 2-5     another provision of this constitution imposes a limit on the time
 2-6     or number of terms that a person may serve in the office.
 2-7           (h)  In this section, "elective office under this state"
 2-8     means every state or district office or office of a political
 2-9     subdivision of this state that is filled by popular election.
2-10           SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
2-11     submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1999.
2-12     The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
2-13     proposition: "The constitutional amendment to impose term limits on
2-14     all state and local elective offices."