SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13
(By Senators Minard, Ross, Sharpe, Claypole,
Helmick, Lucht, Dalton and Yoder
[Introduced February 21, 1994;
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
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 be seated
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 holding any other lucrative office or employment
under this state, the United States, or any foreign government;no member of Congress; and no person who is sheriff, constable,
or clerk of any court of record, shall be eligible to 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 Eligible to a Seat in the Legislature
Amendment," and the purpose of the proposed amendment is
summarized as follows: "To permit public employees to hold
positions in the Legislature."
NOTE: The purpose of this Constitutional Amendment is to
permit public employees to hold positions in the Legislature.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present Constitution, and underscoring indicates new
language that would be added.