HJR44 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature or as a statewide elected officer in the executive branch.

  89R2083 BEF-D     By: Vasut H.J.R. No. 44       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a   person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature or as a   statewide elected officer in the executive branch.          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 2027 is not counted in determining whether a   person is disqualified from election to office under this section.          SECTION 2.   Article IV, Texas Constitution, is amended by   adding Section 2a to read as follows:           Sec.   2a.   (a)     A person is not eligible to be elected to an   elective office listed in Section 1 of this article or to any other   state office elected by the voters at a statewide election, other   than a judicial office, if on the date of the election the person   has served in that office during any part of each of 12 or more   calendar years.           (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)     For purposes of this section, a calendar year begins   January 1 and ends December 31.           (d)     Service in office before January 1, 2027, does not count   for purposes of determining whether a person is disqualified from   office under this section.          SECTION 3.   This proposed constitutional amendment shall be   submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.   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 or   as a statewide elected officer in the executive branch."