87R915 BEF-D
By: Toth H.J.R. No. 7
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a
person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature.
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 2023 is not counted in determining whether a
person is disqualified from election to office under this section.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
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."