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| 1 | 1 | 83R10248 BEF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hilderbran H.J.R. No. 150 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A JOINT RESOLUTION | |
| 6 | 6 | proposing a constitutional amendment to require a person to be a | |
| 7 | 7 | resident of this state for five years preceding the person's | |
| 8 | 8 | election to the Texas House of Representatives. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 7, Article III, Texas Constitution, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 7. No person shall be a Representative[,] unless the | |
| 13 | 13 | person is [he be] a citizen of the United States, and, at the time of | |
| 14 | 14 | [his] election as a Representative, a qualified voter of this | |
| 15 | 15 | State, and shall have been a resident of this State five [two] years | |
| 16 | 16 | next preceding the [his] election, the last year thereof a resident | |
| 17 | 17 | of the district for which the person [he] shall be chosen, and shall | |
| 18 | 18 | have attained the age of twenty-one years. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | |
| 20 | 20 | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013. | |
| 21 | 21 | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | |
| 22 | 22 | proposition: "The constitutional amendment requiring a person to be | |
| 23 | 23 | a resident of this state for five years preceding the person's | |
| 24 | 24 | election to the Texas House of Representatives." |