Bill Text: TX SJR11 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to State Affairs [SJR11 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SJR11-Introduced.html
| By: Huffines | S.J.R. No. 11 | |
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| 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." | ||
