Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 4 - Revision history

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article III, Section 4 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Election and Term of Office of Representatives"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution\|text=As amended November 2, 1999:		{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article III, Section 4 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Election and Term of Office of Representatives"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution\|text=As amended November 2, 1999:

	'''The ~~members~~ of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified voters for the term of two years. Representatives shall take office following their election, on the day set by law for the convening of the ~~regular session~~ of the Legislature, and shall serve thereafter for the full term of years to which elected.'''		'''The Members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified voters for the term of two years. Representatives shall take office following their election, on the day set by law for the convening of the Regular Session of the Legislature, and shall serve thereafter for the full term of years to which elected.'''

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article III, Section 4 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Election and Term of Office of Representatives"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution\|text=As amended November 2, 1999:		{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article III, Section 4 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Election and Term of Office of Representatives"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution\|text=As amended November 2, 1999:

	The ~~Members~~ of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified voters for the term of two years. Representatives shall take office following their election, on the day set by law for the convening of the regular session of the Legislature, and shall serve thereafter for the full term of years to which elected.		'''The members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified voters for the term of two years. Representatives shall take office following their election, on the day set by law for the convening of the regular session of the Legislature, and shall serve thereafter for the full term of years to which elected.'''

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	~~'''~~The ~~members~~ of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified voters for the term of two years. Representatives shall take office following their election, on the day set by law for the convening of the regular session of the Legislature, and shall serve thereafter for the full term of years to which elected.~~'''~~		The Members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified voters for the term of two years. Representatives shall take office following their election, on the day set by law for the convening of the regular session of the Legislature, and shall serve thereafter for the full term of years to which elected.

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	"The members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified electors, and their term of office shall be two years from the day of their election."		As adopted in 1876, this section read: "The members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified electors, and their term of office shall be two years from the day of their election."

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	The ~~Texas Attorney General~~, ~~in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2002/ga0006.pdf#page=6 GA-6] (2002), opined that: "[T]he~~ term of office ~~of members of the legislature begins on~~ the day ~~the legislature convenes in January~~ of ~~odd-numbered years. The clear implication is that a member of the Seventy-seventh Legislature who was elected to the Seventy-eighth Legislature at the general~~ election ~~of November 2002 has a small 'window of opportunity' during which he or she may be appointed by the governor to an office or position that requires senate confirmation~~."		"The members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified electors, and their term of office shall be two years from the day of their election."

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	~~None~~.		The Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2002/ga0006.pdf#page=6 GA-6] (2002), opined that: "[T]he term of office of members of the legislature begins on the day the legislature convenes in January of odd-numbered years. The clear implication is that a member of the Seventy-seventh Legislature who was elected to the Seventy-eighth Legislature at the general election of November 2002 has a small 'window of opportunity' during which he or she may be appointed by the governor to an office or position that requires senate confirmation."

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	* ''Kirk v. Gordon'', 376 S.W.2d 560, [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15089183536470278708#p562 562] (Tex. 1964) ("The Constitution plainly says that the term of office of members of the House of Representatives shall be two years from the date of their election. We are not at liberty to say that that means two years from the date the Legislature, to which the member is elected, convenes. The fact that the district attorney has filed with us a copy of his resignation to become effective next November 1, which is before the general election, does not alter the situation. It is the fact that the term of office of district attorney to which he was elected conflicts with the term of office of members of the House of Representatives which controls.")		* ''Kirk v. Gordon'', 376 S.W.2d 560, [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15089183536470278708#p562 562] (Tex. 1964) ("The Constitution plainly says that the term of office of members of the House of Representatives shall be two years from the date of their election. We are not at liberty to say that that means two years from the date the Legislature, to which the member is elected, convenes. The fact that the district attorney has filed with us a copy of his resignation to become effective next November 1, which is before the general election, does not alter the situation. It is the fact that the term of office of district attorney to which he was elected conflicts with the term of office of members of the House of Representatives which controls.")

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	* ''Kirk v. Gordon'', 376 S.W.2d 560, [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15089183536470278708#p562 562] (Tex. 1964) ("The Constitution plainly says that the term of office of members of the House of Representatives shall be two years from the date of their election. We are not at liberty to say that that means two years from the date the Legislature, to which the member is elected, convenes. The fact that the district attorney has filed with us a copy of his resignation to become effective next November 1, which is before the general election, does not alter the situation. It is the fact that the term of office of district attorney to which he was elected conflicts with the term of office of members of the House of Representatives which controls.")		* ''Kirk v. Gordon'', 376 S.W.2d 560, [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15089183536470278708#p562 562] (Tex. 1964) ("The Constitution plainly says that the term of office of members of the House of Representatives shall be two years from the date of their election. We are not at liberty to say that that means two years from the date the Legislature, to which the member is elected, convenes. The fact that the district attorney has filed with us a copy of his resignation to become effective next November 1, which is before the general election, does not alter the situation. It is the fact that the term of office of district attorney to which he was elected conflicts with the term of office of members of the House of Representatives which controls.")

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