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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY McILVAINE SMITH, ADOLPH, BOYLE, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, DeLUCA, DRUCKER, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GEIST, GIBBONS, HALUSKA, HARPER, HORNAMAN, MAHONEY, MANN, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MOUL, MURPHY, PYLE, READSHAW, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WHEATLEY AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 12, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 12, 2010 |
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| A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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1 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth |
2 | of Pennsylvania, further providing for terms of members. |
3 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4 | hereby resolves as follows: |
5 | Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of |
6 | Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: |
7 | (1) That section 3 of Article II be amended to read: |
8 | § 3. Terms of members. |
9 | (a) Senators shall be elected for the term of [four] six |
10 | years and Representatives for the term of [two] four years. |
11 | (b) Senators in even-numbered districts elected at the |
12 | general election in 2014 shall serve a six-year term. Senators |
13 | in odd-numbered districts elected at the general election in |
14 | 2012 shall serve a six-year term. Senators now elected and those |
15 | whose terms are unexpired shall represent the districts in which |
16 | they reside until the end of the terms for which they were |
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1 | elected. |
2 | (c) Representatives in odd-numbered districts elected at the |
3 | general election in 2012 shall serve a four-year term, and |
4 | Representatives in even-numbered districts elected at the |
5 | general election in 2012 shall serve a two-year term. |
6 | Representatives in even-numbered districts elected at the |
7 | general election in 2014 shall serve a four-year term. |
8 | Section 2. The provisions of this resolution apply only to |
9 | terms served by members of the General Assembly after the first |
10 | election cycle following the ratification of this constitutional |
11 | amendment and thereafter. |
12 | Section 3. (a) Upon the first passage by the General |
13 | Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the |
14 | Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to |
15 | comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article |
16 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the |
17 | required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in |
18 | which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after |
19 | passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. |
20 | (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this |
21 | proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the |
22 | Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the |
23 | advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the |
24 | Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required |
25 | advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such |
26 | newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of |
27 | this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the |
28 | Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment |
29 | to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first |
30 | primary, general or municipal election which meets the |
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1 | requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article |
2 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least |
3 | three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is |
4 | passed by the General Assembly. |
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