HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	180
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

proposing an amendment to the hawaii constitution to limit the terms of legislators.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to propose an amendment to article III, section 4, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to limit the terms of members of the legislature to five consecutive terms for a seat in the house of representatives and to three consecutive terms for a seat of the senate, as provided by law.

     SECTION 2.  Article III, section 4, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:

"ELECTION OF MEMBERS; TERM

     Section 4.  Each member of the legislature shall be elected at an election.  If more than one candidate has been nominated for election to a seat in the legislature, the member occupying that seat shall be elected at a general election.  If a candidate nominated for a seat at a primary election is unopposed for that seat at the general election, the candidate shall be deemed elected at the primary election.  The term of office of a member of the house of representatives shall be two years and the term of office of a member of the senate shall be four years.  The term of a member of the legislature shall begin on the day of the general election at which elected or if elected at a primary election, on the day of the general election immediately following the primary election at which elected.  For a member of the house of representatives, the term shall end on the day of the general election immediately following the day the member's term commences.  No person shall be elected to a seat in the house of representatives for more than five consecutive terms, as provided by law.  For a member of the senate, the term shall end on the day of the second general election immediately following the day the member's term commences.  No person shall be elected to a seat in the senate for more than three consecutive terms, as provided by law."

     SECTION 3.  The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:

     "Shall the members of the legislature be subject to term limits of five consecutive terms (ten years) for a seat in the house of representatives and of three consecutive terms (twelve years) for a seat in the senate, as provided by law?"

     SECTION 4.  New constitutional material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Constitutional Amendment; Legislators; Term Limits

 

Description:

Proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the terms of legislators to five consecutive terms for a seat in the house of representatives and three consecutive terms for a seat in the senate, as provided by law.

 

 

 

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