87R7838 TJB-D
 
  By: White H.J.R. No. 95
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention
  under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited
  purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to limit the
  number of terms that a person may be elected to Congress.
         BE IT RESOLVED, That the 87th Texas Legislature hereby
  applies to Congress to call a convention under Article V of the
  United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an
  amendment to the constitution to limit the number of terms that a
  person may be elected as a member of the United States House of
  Representatives to six terms and to limit the number of terms that a
  person may be elected as a member of the United States Senate to two
  terms; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That, unless rescinded by a succeeding
  legislature, this application by the 87th Texas Legislature
  constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V
  of the United States Constitution until at least two-thirds of the
  legislatures of the several states have applied to Congress to call
  a convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to
  the constitution to limit the number of terms that a person may be
  elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives to
  six terms and to limit the number of terms that a person may be
  elected as a member of the United States Senate to two terms; and,
  be it further
         RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
  copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
  the speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, to
  the vice president of the United States in the vice president's
  capacity as the presiding officer of the Senate of the United States
  at the office located in the United States Capitol Building, and to
  all members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request
  that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional
  Record as an application to Congress for a convention under Article
  V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of
  proposing an amendment to the constitution to limit the number of
  terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States
  House of Representatives to six terms and to limit the number of
  terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States
  Senate to two terms; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
  copies of this resolution to the secretaries of state and to the
  presiding officers of the legislatures of the several states with
  the request that they join this state in applying to Congress for a
  convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for
  the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution
  to limit the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member
  of the United States House of Representatives to six terms and to
  limit the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of
  the United States Senate to two terms.