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Texas Six Regular Sessions Term Limits Amendment (2015)
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The Texas Six Regular Sessions Term Limits Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have prohibited a legislator from being reelected if he or she already served during six regular legislative sessions.[1]
The measure was introduced into the Texas Legislature by Rep. Pat Fallon (R-106) as House Joint Resolution 54.[2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot title was:[1]
| “ | The constitutional amendment to limit the time that a person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature.[3] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article 3, Texas Constitution
The proposed amendment would have added a Section 7a to Article 3 of the Texas Constitution. The following text would be added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
(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 2017 is not counted in determining whether a person is disqualified from election to office under this section.[3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
The proposed constitutional amendment was filed by Rep. Pat Fallon (R-106) as House Joint Resolution 54 on December 9, 2014.[2] A two-thirds vote in both chambers of the Texas State Legislature was required to refer this amendment to the ballot. Texas is one of 16 states that require a two-thirds supermajority vote in both chambers.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Texas Legislature, "HJR No. 54," accessed January 23, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texas Legislature, "HJR No. 54 History," accessed January 23, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
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