Bill Text: AZ HCR2030 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Legislature; four-year terms; two terms
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-04 - House third reading FAILED voting: (24-29-7-0) [HCR2030 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2014-HCR2030-Engrossed.html
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 2030 |
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Arizona; amending article IV, part 2, section 21, Constitution of Arizona; relating to legislative members' terms.
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Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:
1. Article IV, part 2, section 21, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
21. Term limits of members of state legislature
Section
21. A. The
members of the first legislature shall hold office until the first Monday in
January, 1913. Through the
fifty-second legislature, the terms of office of the members of succeeding legislatures the house of representatives and the members of the
senate shall be two years. No state senator shall serve more than four
consecutive terms in that office, nor shall any state representative serve more
than four consecutive terms in that office. This limitation on the number of
terms of consecutive service shall apply to terms of office beginning on or
after January 1, 1993.
B. Beginning with the fifty‑third legislature in 2017, the terms of office of the members of the house of representatives and the members of the senate shall be four years. Beginning with the fifty‑third legislature in 2017, a state senator shall not serve more than two consecutive terms in that office, nor shall any state representative serve more than two consecutive terms in that office. This limitation to two consecutive terms of service applies to terms of office that begin on or after January 1, 2017.
C. No legislator, after serving the maximum number of
terms, which shall include any part of a term served, may serve in the same
office until he the legislator has been out of office for no less
than one full term.
D. The increase to a four-year term beginning with the fifty‑third legislature in 2017 shall apply as follows:
1. A legislator who serves three consecutive terms in one house of the legislature and whose first term began in January, 2011 is eligible to serve one additional consecutive term in that house that begins in January, 2017 and is not eligible for a fifth consecutive term in that house.
2. A legislator who serves two consecutive terms in one house of the legislature and whose first term began in January, 2013 is eligible to serve one additional consecutive term in that house that begins in January, 2017 and is not eligible for a fourth consecutive term in that house.
3. A legislator who serves one term in a house of the legislature and whose first term began in January, 2015 without prior consecutive service in that house is eligible to serve two additional consecutive terms in that house that begin in January, 2017 and January, 2021.
2. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.
