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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, FOLMER, ALLOWAY, WAUGH, VOGEL, FERLO AND WARD, FEBRUARY 25, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 25, 2011 |
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| A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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1 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth |
2 | of Pennsylvania, providing for limits on the terms of members |
3 | of the General Assembly. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby resolves as follows: |
6 | Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of |
7 | Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: |
8 | That section 3 of Article II be amended to read: |
9 | § 3. Terms of members. |
10 | Senators shall be elected for the term of four years and |
11 | Representatives for the term of two years. No member of the |
12 | General Assembly shall serve more than a total of twelve years |
13 | in the Senate and a total of twelve years in the House of |
14 | Representatives over the course of their lifetime. |
15 | Section 2. The provisions of this resolution will only |
16 | affect members of the General Assembly elected from the first |
17 | election cycle following the ratification of this Constitutional |
18 | Amendment and thereafter. |
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1 | Section 3. (a) Upon the first passage by the General |
2 | Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the |
3 | Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to |
4 | comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article |
5 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the |
6 | required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in |
7 | which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after |
8 | passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. |
9 | (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this |
10 | proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the |
11 | Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the |
12 | advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the |
13 | Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required |
14 | advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such |
15 | newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of |
16 | this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the |
17 | Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment |
18 | to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first |
19 | primary, general or municipal election which meets the |
20 | requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article |
21 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least |
22 | three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is |
23 | passed by the General Assembly. |
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