Amend SJR 13 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the resolution and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ___. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by adding Section 7a to read as follows:
Sec. 7a. (a) A person who has been elected to serve two consecutive terms as a senator or two consecutive terms as a representative is not eligible for election to serve a third consecutive term. This provision does not limit a person's eligibility for election to serve nonconsecutive terms.
(b) The term of a person elected to serve for the remainder of a term to fill a vacancy in the legislature is not counted in determining whether a person is eligible to serve under Subsection (a) of this section.
(2) In SECTION 2 of the resolution, in Subsection (a) of the TEMPORARY PROVISION (page 1, line 45), between "state offices" and the period, insert "or may be elected to serve as a member of the legislature".
(3) In SECTION 2 of the resolution, immediately following Subsection (b) of the TEMPORARY PROVISION (page 1, between lines 48-49), insert the following:
(c) Section 7a, Article III, of this constitution applies only to a senator or a representative elected on or after September 1, 2013.
(4) In SECTION 2 of the resolution, in proposed Subsection (c) of the TEMPORARY PROVISION (page 1, line 49), strike "(c)" and substitute "(d)".
(5) In SECTION 3 of the resolution, in the ballot proposition, (page 1, line 58), between "railroad commissioner" and the period, insert "or may be elected to serve as a member of the legislature".