Bill Text: IN HJR0003 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Legislative term limits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-10 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment [HJR0003 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-HJR0003-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 3

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION

Citations Affected: Articles 4 and 15 of the Indiana Constitution.

Synopsis: Legislative term limits. Increases from two to four years the term of office for a representative. Increases from four to six years the term of office for a senator. Provides that the individual may not have served more than 25 years as a member of the general assembly at the time of the individual's election or appointment. Provides that the time that an individual has served in the general assembly before January 1, 2017, may not be considered for purposes of this limitation. Increases from four to six years the maximum term for an office created by the general assembly. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.

Effective: This proposed amendment must be agreed to by two consecutive general assemblies and ratified by a majority of the state's voters voting on the question to be effective.

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Hinkle, Steuerwald

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    January 10, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 3

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    A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Articles 4 and 15 of the Indiana Constitution concerning legislative term limits.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: ; (11)HJ9207.1. -->     SECTION 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana is proposed and agreed to by this, the One Hundred Seventeenth General Assembly of the State of Indiana, and is referred to the next General Assembly for reconsideration and agreement.

SOURCE: CON 4; (11)HJ9207.2. -->     SECTION 2. ARTICLE 4, SECTION 3 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF INDIANA IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Section 3. Senators (a) This subsection applies to an individual who assumes the office of Senator or Representative after December 31, 2016. Subject to subsection (c):
        (1) a Senator shall be elected for the a term of four six years; and Representatives
         (2) a Representative shall be elected for the a term of two four years;
from the day next after their the Senator's or Representative's

general election.
     (b) One half of the Senators, as nearly as possible, shall be elected biennially.
     (c) The sum of:
        (1) the number of years an individual serves as a Senator; and
        (2) the number of years an individual serves as a Representative;
may not be greater than twenty-five years at the time of the individual's election or appointment. The number of years that an individual has served as a Senator or as a Representative before January 1, 2017, may not be considered in determining whether the limitation of this subsection applies to the individual.

SOURCE: CON 15; (11)HJ9207.3. -->     SECTION 3. ARTICLE 15, SECTION 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF INDIANA IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Section 2. When the duration of any office is not provided for by this Constitution, it may be declared by law; and, if not so declared, such office shall be held during the pleasure of the authority making the appointment. But the General Assembly shall not create any office, the tenure of which shall be longer than four six years.