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.