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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment to require a person to be a |
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resident of this state for five years preceding the person's |
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election to the Texas House of Representatives. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7, Article III, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7. No person shall be a Representative[,] unless the |
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person is [he be] a citizen of the United States, and, at the time of |
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[his] election as a Representative, a qualified voter of this |
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State, and shall have been a resident of this State five [two] years |
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next preceding the [his] election, the last year thereof a resident |
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of the district for which the person [he] shall be chosen, and shall |
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have attained the age of twenty-one years. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring a person to be |
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a resident of this state for five years preceding the person's |
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election to the Texas House of Representatives." |