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Texas Three Terms Limit for Officials Amendment (2015)
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The Texas Three Terms Limit for Officials Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have limited state senators, state representatives, and certain executive officers from serving more than three consecutive or nonconsecutive terms.[1]
However, under the measure, the term length for senators would have increased from four years to six years. The term length for representatives would have increased from two years to four years.
The executive officials which would have been included under this measure are the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Commissioner of General Land Office, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture and members of the Texas Railroad Commission.
The measure was introduced into the Texas Legislature by Rep. Ron Simmons (R-65) as House Joint Resolution 46.[2]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot title was:[1]
| “ | The constitutional amendment changing the length of legislative terms and limiting to three the number of terms for which a person may be elected or appointed to the office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, comptroller of public accounts, commissioner of the General Land Office, attorney general, commissioner of agriculture, railroad commissioner, state senator, or state representative.[3] | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
The proposed constitutional amendment was filed by Rep. Ron Simmons (R-65) as House Joint Resolution 45 on November 18, 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.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Legislature, "HJR No. 46," accessed November 19, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Texas Legislature, "HJR No. 46 History," accessed November 19, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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