Bill Text: IN HJR0009 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Legislative term limits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-13 - First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures [HJR0009 Detail]

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Introduced Version






HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 9

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION



Citations Affected: Article 4 of the Indiana Constitution.

Synopsis: Legislative term limits. Provides that an individual may not serve more than 24 years as a member of the general assembly. Provides that the time that an individual has served in the general assembly before January 1, 2011, may not be considered for purposes of this limitation. 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.





Hinkle, Steuerwald




    January 13, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures.








Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)


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HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 9




    A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article 4 of the Indiana Constitution concerning the general assembly.

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

SOURCE: ; (10)HJ9213.1. -->     SECTION 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana is proposed and agreed to by this, the One Hundred Sixteenth General Assembly of the State of Indiana, and is referred to the next General Assembly for reconsideration and agreement.
SOURCE: CON 4; (10)HJ9213.2. -->     SECTION 2. ARTICLE 4, SECTION 3 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF INDIANA IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Section 3. Senators (a) Subject to subsection (c):
        (1) a Senator
shall be elected for the a term of four years; and Representatives
         (2) a Representative shall be elected for the a term of two 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-four years.
The number of years that an individual has served as a Senator or as a Representative before January 1, 2011, may not be considered in determining whether the limitation of this subsection applies to the individual.

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