Bill Text: MO HJR49 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposes a constitutional amendment allowing anyone elected to the General Assembly after November 1, 2014, to serve up to 12 years in any one house and up to 24 years total in the General Assembly
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-25 - Public Hearing Completed (H) [HJR49 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2014-HJR49-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BUTLER
4788L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION
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 resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2014, 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Section A. Section 8, article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 8, to read as follows: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 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.] No one elected to serve in the general assembly at an election held after November 1, 2014, shall be elected to serve more than twelve years in any one house of the general assembly or more than twenty-four years total in both houses of the general assembly. No one elected to serve in the general assembly, at an election held on or prior to November 1, 2014, shall be elected to serve more than eight years total in any one house of the general assembly or more than sixteen years total in both houses of the general assembly. 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 at any time to complete the term of office of another person shall not be counted.
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