By: Huffines S.J.R. No. 11
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment limiting to two the number of
terms for which a person may be elected or appointed to hold certain
state offices.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article IV, Texas Constitution, is amended by
adding Section 2a to read as follows:
Sec. 2a. (a) A person who has been elected or appointed to
serve two terms in an office listed in Section 1 of this article or
any other office of state government that is voted on statewide,
other than a statewide judicial office, is not eligible for
election or appointment to serve a third term in that office.
(b) The term of a person appointed to serve for the
remainder of a term to fill a vacancy in a statewide office is not
counted in determining whether a person is eligible to serve under
Subsection (a) of this section.
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, limiting to two the number of terms for which
a person may be elected or appointed to hold certain state offices.
(b) A term of office that begins before January 1, 2018, is
not counted in determining whether a person is eligible to serve
under Section 2a, Article IV, 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 limiting to two the
number of terms for which a person may be elected or appointed to
hold the office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of
state, comptroller of public accounts, commissioner of the General
Land Office, attorney general, commissioner of agriculture, or
railroad commissioner."