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.

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90R3640 JRJ-D

By: Vasut
H.J.R. No. 76

A JOINT RESOLUTION

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 or part of six

regular sessions 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 or part of six regular sessions of the

legislature. This subsection does not prohibit a person who has

served as a member of the senate during all or part of five regular

sessions of the legislature from being elected to or serving a

four-year term in the senate even though at the end of that term the

person will have served during all or part of more than six regular

sessions.

(c) Legislative service before the legislature convenes in

regular session in 2029 is not counted in determining whether a

person is disqualified from election to office under this section.

SECTION 2. Article IV, Texas Constitution, is amended by

adding Section 2a to read as follows:

Sec. 2a. (a) A person is not eligible to be elected to an

elective office listed in Section 1 of this article or to any other

state office elected by the voters at a statewide election, other

than a judicial office, if on the date of the election the person

has served in that office during any part of each of 12 or more

calendar years.

(b) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from

continuing to serve in an office covered by this section after the

end of a term as a holdover under Section 17, Article XVI, of this

constitution until a successor is qualified.

(c) For purposes of this section, a calendar year begins

January 1 and ends December 31.

(d) Service in office before January 1, 2029, does not count

for purposes of determining whether a person is disqualified from

office under this section.

SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be

submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2027.

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."