Bill Text: MI SJRCC | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Legislature; legislators; term limits for state representatives; revise to four 2-year terms. Amends sec. 54, art. IV of the state constitution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-09-15 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SJRCC Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SJRCC-Introduced.html

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION CC

 

 

September 15, 2010, Introduced by Senator SWITALSKI and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by amending section 54 of article IV, to

 

modify term limits for certain elected state offices.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to modify term limits for certain elected

 

state offices, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people

 

of the state:

 

ARTICLE IV

 

     Sec. 54. No person shall be elected to the office of state

 

representative more than three four times. No person shall be

 

elected to the office of state senate more than two times. Any

 

person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in the house of

 

representatives or the state senate for a period greater than one

 

half of a term of such office, shall be considered to have been

 

elected to serve one time in that office for purposes of this

 

section. This limitation on the number of times a person shall be

 

elected to office shall apply to terms of office beginning on or

 

after January 1, 1993.

 

     This section shall be self-executing. Legislation may be

 

enacted to facilitate operation of this section, but no law shall

 

limit or restrict the application of this section. If any part of

 

this section is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the

 

remaining parts of this section shall not be affected but will

 

remain in full force and effect.

 

     Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 

submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 

in the manner provided by law.