Bill Text: TX SJR13 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a political subdivision of this state to limit the number of terms for which a person may be elected to hold an office of the political subdivision.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to State Affairs [SJR13 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SJR13-Introduced.html

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85R2603 ATP-D
By: Huffines S.J.R. No. 13

A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a political
subdivision of this state to limit the number of terms for which a
person may be elected to hold an office of the political
subdivision.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 30c to read as follows:
Sec. 30c. (a) The legislature by general law shall require
a political subdivision of this state that is governed by one or
more elected officers to establish a limit on the number of terms a
person may be elected to serve in an office of the political
subdivision to ensure that a person may not serve longer than 12
years in an office.
(b) An officer who has been elected to serve for the maximum
number of terms established by the political subdivision as
required by Subsection (a) of this section is not eligible for
election to serve an additional term of that office.
SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to
the Texas Constitution:
TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies
to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2017, requiring a political subdivision of this
state to limit the number of terms for which a person may be elected
to hold an office of the political subdivision.
(b) A term that begins before January 1, 2019, is not
counted in determining whether a person is eligible to serve under
Section 30c, Article XVI, of this constitution.
(c) This temporary provision expires February 1, 2035.
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring a political
subdivision to limit the number of terms of its officers so that a
person may not hold an elected office of the political subdivision
for longer than 12 years."