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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a |
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person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 7a to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7a. (a) A person is not eligible to be elected to the |
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house of representatives if, before the date of the election, the |
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person has served as a member of the house during all or part of six |
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regular sessions of the legislature. |
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(b) A person is not eligible to be elected to the senate if, |
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before the date of the election, the person has served as a member |
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of the senate during all or part of six regular sessions of the |
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legislature. This subsection does not prohibit a person who has |
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served as a member of the senate during all or part of five regular |
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sessions of the legislature from being elected to or serving a |
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four-year term in the senate even though at the end of that term the |
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person will have served during all or part of more than six regular |
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sessions. |
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(c) Legislative service before the legislature convenes in |
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regular session in 2019 is not counted in determining whether a |
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person is disqualified from election to office under this section. |
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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 7, 2017. |
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The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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following proposition: "The constitutional amendment to limit the |
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time that a person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature." |