Senate Joint Resolution No. 3
(By Senator Felton)
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[Originating in the Committee on Education;
reported March 12, 1993.]
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West
Virginia, amending section thirteen, article six thereof,
relating to the eligibility of state employees to hold seats
in the Legislature; numbering and designating such proposed
amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the
purpose of such proposed amendment.
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of
the members elected to each House agreeing thereto:
That the question of ratification or rejection of an
amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be
submitted to the voters of the State at the next general election
to be held in the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-four,
which proposed amendment is that section thirteen, article six
thereof be amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE VI. THE LEGISLATURE.
§13. Eligibility to seat in Legislature.
No person shall be eligible to a seat in the Legislature who
also holds any other lucrative office or is otherwise employed bythis state, the United States or any foreign government. This
prohibition includes members of Congress, sheriffs and clerks of
any court of record; however, it does not include, and there is
an exception for, persons employed by the state.
Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of
article eleven, chapter three of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, such proposed
amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment No. 1" and designated as
the "State Employee Eligibility Amendment" and the purpose of the
proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "To amend the State
Constitution to make State employees eligible to hold seats in
the Legislature."
NOTE: The purpose of this resolution relates to the
eligibility of State employees to hold seats in the Legislature.