HJR206 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a person may serve as a statewide elected officer in the executive branch.

      By: Talarico H.J.R. No. 206       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a   person may serve as a statewide elected officer in the executive   branch.          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 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 twelve 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 2.  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 statewide elected officer in the   executive branch."