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  By: Eltife S.J.R. No. 13
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  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."