Bill Text: TX HJR146 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature or as a statewide elected officer in the executive branch.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-21 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR146 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HJR146-Introduced.html
By: Fallon | H.J.R. No. 146 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a | ||
person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature or as a | ||
statewide elected officer in the executive branch. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
adding Section 7a to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 7a. (a) A person is not eligible to be elected to the | ||
house of representatives if, before the date of the election, the | ||
person has served as a member of the house during all of seven | ||
regular sessions of the legislature. If the person has served as a | ||
member of the house during part of a regular session of the | ||
legislature the person is exempt from including it as a regular | ||
session of the legislature. | ||
(b) A person is not eligible to be elected to the senate if, | ||
before the date of the election, the person has served as a member | ||
of the senate during all of four regular sessions of the | ||
legislature. If the person has served as a member of the senate | ||
during part of a regular session of the legislature the person is | ||
exempt from including it as a regular session of the legislature. | ||
(c) Legislative service before the legislature convenes in | ||
regular session in 2015 is not counted in determining whether a | ||
person is disqualified from election to office under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
following proposition: "The constitutional amendment to limit the | ||
time that a person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature or | ||
as a statewide elected officer in the executive branch." |