Bill Text: MO HJR62 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting a person from serving more than 16 years in the General Assembly in any proportion split between the House of Representatives and the Senate

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-08 - Referred: Elections (H) [HJR62 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2012-HJR62-Introduced.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 62

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHUPP (Sponsor), SCHIEFFER, PACE, SMITH (71), PIERSON, HUBBARD, WALTON GRAY, SWEARINGEN, OXFORD, HUMMEL, LOEHNER, WETER, ZERR, SATER, LANT, DAVIS, McNARY, GRISAMORE, REDMON, HOUGHTON, McGHEE AND ATKINS (Co-sponsors).

4688L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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JOINT RESOLUTION

Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing section 8 of article III of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating to the general assembly.

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Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:

            That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2012, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article III of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:

            Section A. Section 8, article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 8, to read as follows:

            Section 8. No one shall be elected to serve more than [eight] sixteen years total in any one house of the General Assembly nor more than sixteen years total in both houses of the General Assembly. In applying this section, service in the General Assembly resulting from an election prior to December 3, 1992, or service of less than one year, in the case of a member of the house of representatives, or two years, in the case of a member of the senate, by a person elected after the effective date of this section to complete the term of another person, shall not be counted.

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