ENGROSSED
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 university, college and other
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 other
lucrative office or is otherwise employed by the United States or
by any foreign government shall be eligible for a seat in the
Legislature. This prohibition does not include persons employed
by a state university or college or persons otherwise employed by
the state or its subdivisions.
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 "University, College and Public Employees Eligibility
Amendment" and the purpose of the proposed amendment is
summarized as follows: "To amend the State Constitution to make
all university, college and other public employees of this state
or of its subdivisions eligible to hold seats in the Legislature.