Bill Text: GA SR637 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Governor; term of office; compensation and allowances-CA
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-20 - Senate Read and Referred [SR637 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR637-Introduced.html
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Senate
Resolution 637
By:
Senator Brown of the 26th
A
RESOLUTION
Proposing
an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the Governor shall serve
a six-year term of office and shall not be eligible to succeed himself or
herself; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or
rejection; and for other purposes.
BE
IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
V, Section I of the Constitution is amended by revising Paragraphs I, II, and
III as follows:
"Paragraph
I.
Governor:
term of office; compensation and
allowances. There shall be a Governor who
shall hold office for a term of
four
six
years and until a successor shall be chosen and qualified. Persons holding the
office of Governor
may
shall not be
eligible to succeed themselves
for one
four-year term of office. Persons who
have held the office of Governor
and have
succeeded themselves as hereinbefore
provided shall not again be eligible to be
elected to that office
until after
the expiration of four years from the conclusion of their term as
Governor. The compensation and allowances
of the Governor shall be as provided by law.
Paragraph
II.
Election
for Governor. An election for Governor
shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November of
1986
2016,
and the Governor-elect shall be installed in office at the next session of the
General Assembly. An election for Governor shall take place
quadrennially
every six
years thereafter on said date unless
another date be fixed by the General Assembly. Said election shall be held at
the places of holding general elections in the several counties of this state,
in the manner prescribed for the election of members of the General Assembly,
and the electors shall be the same.
Paragraph
III.
Lieutenant
Governor. There shall be a Lieutenant
Governor, who shall be elected
at the same
time, for the same term, and in the same manner as the
Governor
to a four-year
term of office and until a successor is elected and qualified. An election for
the office of Lieutenant Governor shall be held on the Tuesday following the
first Monday in November, 2014, and quadrennially thereafter on said date unless
another date be fixed by the General Assembly. Said election shall be held at
the places of holding general elections in the several counties of this state,
in the manner prescribed for the election of members of the General Assembly,
and the electors shall be the same. The Lieutenant Governor-elect shall be
installed in office at the next session of the General
Assembly. The Lieutenant Governor shall
be the President of the Senate and shall have such executive duties as
prescribed by the Governor and as may be prescribed by law not inconsistent with
the powers of the Governor or other provisions of this Constitution. The
compensation and allowances of the Lieutenant Governor shall be as provided by
law."
SECTION
2.
The
above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be published and submitted as
provided in Article X, Section I, Paragraph II of the Constitution. The ballot
submitting the above proposed amendment shall have written or printed thereon
the following:
|
"( ) YES
( ) NO
|
Shall
the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide that the Governor shall
serve a term of office of six years and shall not be eligible to succeed himself
or herself?"
|
All
persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
"Yes." All persons desiring to vote against the proposed amendment shall vote
"No." If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said Paragraph of the
Constitution, it shall become a part of the Constitution of this state.
