Bill Text: HI SB478 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Constitutional Amendment; Qualifications of State Senators and Representatives; Residency (ConAm)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-05 - Recommitted to JDL. [SB478 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2013-SB478-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to propose an amendment to article III, section 6, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to increase the residency requirements for candidates for the office of state senate or house of representatives by requiring the candidates to be residents of the State for not less than five years and residents of the district from which they seek to be elected for not less than twelve consecutive months prior to the next succeeding general election. This proposed constitutional amendment would bring the residency requirements for candidates for the office of state senate or house of representatives into conformity with the residency requirements for candidates for the office of the governor.
SECTION 2. Article III, section 6, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:
"QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS
Section 6. No person shall be eligible to serve as a member of
the senate unless the person has been a resident of the State for not less than
[three years,] five years and a resident of the senatorial district from
which the person seeks to be elected for not less than twelve consecutive months
prior to the next succeeding general election, has attained the age of majority
and is, prior to filing nomination papers and thereafter continues to be, a qualified
voter of the senatorial district from which the person seeks to be elected; except
that in the year of the first general election following reapportionment, but prior
to the primary election, an incumbent senator may move to a new district without
being disqualified from completing the remainder of the incumbent senator's term.
No person shall be eligible to serve as a member of the house of representatives
unless the person has been a resident of the State for not less than [three years,]
five years and a resident of the representative district from which the person
seeks to be elected for not less than twelve consecutive months prior to the next
succeeding general election, has attained the age of majority and is, prior
to filing nomination papers and thereafter continues to be, a qualified voter of
the representative district from which the person seeks to be elected; except that
in the year of the first general election following reapportionment, but prior to
the primary election, an incumbent representative may move to a new district without
being disqualified from completing the remainder of the incumbent representative's
term."
SECTION 3. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:
"Shall candidates for the state senate and house of representatives be required to be a resident of the State for not less than five years and a resident of the legislative district from which the person seeks to be elected for not less than twelve consecutive months prior to the next succeeding general election?"
SECTION 4. Constitutional material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New constitutional material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
Report Title:
Constitutional Amendment; Qualifications of State Senators and Representatives; Residency
Description:
Proposes to amend the state constitution to require candidates for the state senate or house of representatives to be a resident of the State for not less than five years and a resident of the legislative district from which the person seeks to be elected for not less than twelve consecutive months prior to the next general election. (SD1)
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