Bill Text: TX HJR42 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting to two the number of consecutive terms for which a person may be elected or appointed to hold certain state offices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-04 - Considered in Calendars [HJR42 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HJR42-Comm_Sub.html
83R12839 YDB-D | |||
By: Larson, Harless, et al. | H.J.R. No. 42 | ||
Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 42: | |||
By: Cook | C.S.H.J.R. No. 42 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment limiting to two the number of | ||
consecutive 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 consecutive terms in an office listed in Section 1 of this | ||
article or any other state office normally filled by the voters at a | ||
statewide election, other than a statewide judicial office, is not | ||
eligible for election or appointment to serve a third consecutive | ||
term. This provision does not limit a person's eligibility for | ||
election or appointment to serve nonconsecutive terms. | ||
(b) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from | ||
continuing to serve in an office covered by this section after the | ||
end of a term as a holdover under Section 17, Article XVI, of this | ||
constitution until a successor is qualified. | ||
(c) 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 83rd Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2013, limiting to two the number of consecutive | ||
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, 2014, 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, 2031. | ||
SECTION 3. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment limiting to two the | ||
number of consecutive 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." |