Bill Text: MO HJR41 | 2012 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting any member of the General Assembly from serving more than 16 years in any one house nor more than 16 years total in both houses
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-08 - Referred: Ways and Means and Fiscal Oversight (S) [HJR41 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2012-HJR41-Engrossed.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[PERFECTED]
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
4478L.02P D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing section 8 of article III of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating to the term limit reform act.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2012, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article III of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Section 8, article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 8, to read as follows:
Section 8. No one shall be elected to serve more than [eight] sixteen years total in any one house of the General Assembly nor more than sixteen years total in both houses of the General Assembly. In applying this section, service in the General Assembly resulting from an election prior to December 3, 1992, or service of less than one year, in the case of a member of the house of representatives, or two years, in the case of a member of the senate, by a person elected after the effective date of this section to complete the term of another person, shall not be counted.
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