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| 2 | 2 | | By: Larson H.J.R. No. 45 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | proposing a constitutional amendment limiting to two the number of |
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| 7 | 7 | | consecutive terms for which a person may be elected or appointed to |
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| 8 | 8 | | hold certain state offices. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Article IV, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Section 2a to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 2a. (a) A person who has been elected or appointed to |
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| 13 | 13 | | serve two consecutive terms in an office listed in Section 1 of this |
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| 14 | 14 | | article or any other office of state government that is voted on |
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| 15 | 15 | | statewide, other than a statewide judicial office, is not eligible |
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| 16 | 16 | | for election or appointment to serve a third consecutive term in |
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| 17 | 17 | | that office. This provision does not limit a person's eligibility |
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| 18 | 18 | | for election or appointment to serve nonconsecutive terms. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from |
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| 20 | 20 | | continuing to serve in an office covered by this section after the |
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| 21 | 21 | | end of a term as a holdover under Section 17, Article XVI, of this |
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| 22 | 22 | | constitution until a successor is qualified. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) The term of a person appointed to serve for the |
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| 24 | 24 | | remainder of a term to fill a vacancy in a statewide office is not |
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| 25 | 25 | | counted in determining whether a person is eligible to serve under |
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| 26 | 26 | | Subsection (a) of this section. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. The following temporary provision is added to |
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| 28 | 28 | | the Texas Constitution: |
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| 29 | 29 | | TEMPORARY PROVISION. (a) This temporary provision applies |
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| 30 | 30 | | to the constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1st Called Session, 2017, limiting to two the number of consecutive |
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| 32 | 32 | | terms for which a person may be elected or appointed to hold certain |
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| 33 | 33 | | state offices. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) A term of office that begins before January 1, 2018, is |
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| 35 | 35 | | not counted in determining whether a person is eligible to serve |
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| 36 | 36 | | under Section 2a, Article IV, of this constitution. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (c) This temporary provision expires February 1, 2035. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 39 | 39 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. |
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| 40 | 40 | | The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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| 41 | 41 | | proposition: "The constitutional amendment limiting to two the |
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| 42 | 42 | | number of consecutive terms for which a person may be elected or |
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| 43 | 43 | | appointed to hold the office of governor, lieutenant governor, |
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| 44 | 44 | | secretary of state, comptroller of public accounts, commissioner of |
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| 45 | 45 | | the General Land Office, attorney general, commissioner of |
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| 46 | 46 | | agriculture, or railroad commissioner." |
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