Bill Text: MS HC40 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Constitution; amend to provide that Legislature shall meet in regular session only once every two years.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [HC40 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-HC40-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Constitution
By: Representative Zuber
House Concurrent Resolution 40
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 36, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING IN 2020, THE LEGISLATURE SHALL MEET IN REGULAR SESSION ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS RATHER THAN ANNUALLY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That the following amendment to the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 is proposed to the qualified electors of the state:
Amend Section 36, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, to read as follows:
"Section 36. The
Legislature shall meet at the seat of government in regular session on the
Tuesday after the first Monday of January of the year * * * 2020, and * * *
every two (2) years
thereafter, unless sooner convened by the Governor; * * * however, * * * those sessions shall be
limited to a period of one hundred twenty-five (125) calendar days for the
regular * * * session
in 2020 and every fourth year thereafter, * * * and ninety (90) calendar days for * * *
the regular
session in 2022 and every fourth year thereafter. * * *
However,
the House of Representatives,
by resolution with the Senate concurring therein, and by a two-thirds (2/3)
vote of those present and voting in each house, may extend * * *
any limited session
for a period of thirty (30) days with no limit on the number of extensions to
each session."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this proposed amendment shall be submitted by the Secretary of State to the qualified electors at an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2016 as provided by Section 273 of the Constitution and by general law.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the explanation of this proposed amendment for the ballot shall read as follows: "This proposed amendment provides that beginning in 2020, the Legislature shall meet in regular session once every two (2) years rather than annually."
