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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hopper H.J.R. No. 190 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a |
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| 9 | 9 | | person may serve as a member of the Texas House of Representatives |
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| 10 | 10 | | to 12 consecutive years and as a member of the Texas Senate to 14 |
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| 11 | 11 | | consecutive years. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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| 14 | 14 | | adding Section 7a to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 7a. (a) A person may not serve more than 12 |
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| 16 | 16 | | consecutive years as a member of the house of representatives. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) A person may not serve more than 14 consecutive years as |
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| 18 | 18 | | a member of the senate. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c) A person is not eligible to be elected to office if the |
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| 20 | 20 | | person's service during the term of office would violate Subsection |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) or (b) of this section. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (d) The limitations provided by Subsections (a) and (b) of |
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| 23 | 23 | | this section apply to consecutive service in the same elective |
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| 24 | 24 | | office. Service in more than one elective office is not added |
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| 25 | 25 | | together for purposes of Subsection (a) or (b) of this section. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (e) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from |
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| 27 | 27 | | continuing to serve in an office covered by this section after the |
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| 28 | 28 | | end of a term as a holdover under Section 17, Article XVI, of this |
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| 29 | 29 | | constitution until a successor is qualified. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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| 31 | 31 | | submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025. |
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| 32 | 32 | | The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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| 33 | 33 | | following proposition: "The constitutional amendment to limit the |
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| 34 | 34 | | time that a person may serve as a member of the Texas House of |
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| 35 | 35 | | Representatives to 12 consecutive years and as a member of the Texas |
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| 36 | 36 | | Senate to 14 consecutive years." |
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