THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION
Sec. 6. QUALIFICATIONS OF SENATORS.
No person shall be a Senator, unless he be a citizen of the United
States, and, at the time of his election a qualified voter of this
State, and shall have been a resident of this State five years next
preceding his election, and the last year thereof a resident of the
district for which he shall be chosen, and shall have attained the
age of twenty-six years.
(Amended Nov. 2, 1999.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION
PROVISIONS for Sec. 6: See Appendix, Note 1.)
Sec. 7. QUALIFICATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES.
No person shall be a Representative, unless he be a citizen of the
United States, and, at the time of his election, a qualified voter of
this State, and shall have been a resident of this State two years
next preceding his election, the last year thereof a resident of the
district for which he shall be chosen, and shall have attained the
age of twenty-one years.
(Amended Nov. 2, 1999.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION
PROVISIONS for Sec. 7: See Appendix, Note 1.)
Sec. 8. EACH HOUSE JUDGE OF QUALIFICATIONS AND
ELECTION; CONTESTS.
Each House shall be the judge of the qualifications and election of
its own members; but contested elections shall be determined in
such manner as shall be provided by law.
Sec. 9. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF SENATE;
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OFFICE VACANCY; SPEAKER OF
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) The Senate shall, at the beginning and close of each session,
and at such other times as may be necessary, elect one of its
members President pro tempore, who shall perform the duties of
the Lieutenant Governor in any case of absence or temporary
disability of that officer. If the office of Lieutenant Governor
becomes vacant, the President pro tempore of the Senate shall
convene the Committee of the Whole Senate within 30 days after
the vacancy occurs. The Committee of the Whole shall elect one of
its members to perform the duties of the Lieutenant Governor in
addition to the member's duties as Senator until the next general
election. If the Senator so elected ceases to be a Senator before the
election of a new Lieutenant Governor, another Senator shall be
elected in the same manner to perform the duties of the Lieutenant
Governor until the next general election. Until the Committee of
the Whole elects one of its members for this purpose, the
President pro tempore shall perform the duties of the Lieutenant
Governor as provided by this subsection.
(b) The House of Representatives shall, when it first assembles,
organize temporarily, and thereupon proceed to the election of a
Speaker from its own members.
(c) Each House shall choose its other officers.
(Amended Nov. 6, 1984; Subsec. (a) amended Nov. 2, 1999.)
Sec. 6. QUALIFICATIONS OF SENATORS.
No person shall be a Senator, unless he be a citizen of the United
States, and, at the time of his election a qualified voter of this
State, and shall have been a resident of this State five years next
preceding his election, and the last year thereof a resident of the
district for which he shall be chosen, and shall have attained the
age of twenty-six years.
(Amended Nov. 2, 1999.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION
PROVISIONS for Sec. 6: See Appendix, Note 1.)
Sec. 7. QUALIFICATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES.
No person shall be a Representative, unless he be a citizen of the
United States, and, at the time of his election, a qualified voter of
this State, and shall have been a resident of this State two years
next preceding his election, the last year thereof a resident of the
district for which he shall be chosen, and shall have attained the
age of twenty-one years.
(Amended Nov. 2, 1999.) (TEMPORARY TRANSITION
PROVISIONS for Sec. 7: See Appendix, Note 1.)
Sec. 8. EACH HOUSE JUDGE OF QUALIFICATIONS AND
ELECTION; CONTESTS.
Each House shall be the judge of the qualifications and election of
its own members; but contested elections shall be determined in
such manner as shall be provided by law.
Sec. 9. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF SENATE;
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OFFICE VACANCY; SPEAKER OF
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) The Senate shall, at the beginning and close of each session,
and at such other times as may be necessary, elect one of its
members President pro tempore, who shall perform the duties of
the Lieutenant Governor in any case of absence or temporary
disability of that officer. If the office of Lieutenant Governor
becomes vacant, the President pro tempore of the Senate shall
convene the Committee of the Whole Senate within 30 days after
the vacancy occurs. The Committee of the Whole shall elect one of
its members to perform the duties of the Lieutenant Governor in
addition to the member's duties as Senator until the next general
election. If the Senator so elected ceases to be a Senator before the
election of a new Lieutenant Governor, another Senator shall be
elected in the same manner to perform the duties of the Lieutenant
Governor until the next general election. Until the Committee of
the Whole elects one of its members for this purpose, the
President pro tempore shall perform the duties of the Lieutenant
Governor as provided by this subsection.
(b) The House of Representatives shall, when it first assembles,
organize temporarily, and thereupon proceed to the election of a
Speaker from its own members.
(c) Each House shall choose its other officers.
(Amended Nov. 6, 1984; Subsec. (a) amended Nov. 2, 1999.)
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