COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 11
(By Senators Lucht, Humphreys, Jones, Dalton and Plymale)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported March 2, 1994.]
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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 public 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 who is a member of Congress or who holds any otherlucrative office or is otherwise employed by the United States or
by any foreign government shall be eligible for a seat in the
Legislature.
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 "Public Employees Eligibility Amendment" and the purpose of
the proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "To amend the
State Constitution to make all public employees of this state or
of its subdivisions eligible to hold seats in the Legislature."
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