Bill Text: TX SJR13 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to State Affairs [SJR13 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SJR13-Introduced.html
85R2603 ATP-D | ||
By: Huffines | S.J.R. No. 13 |
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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." |