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11 FIRSTREGULARSESSION
2-HOUSECOMMITTEESUBSTITUTEFOR
32 HOUSEJOINT
43 RESOLUTION NO.67
54 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
6-2103H.02C JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
5+INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEMCGAUGH.
6+2103H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
77 JOINTRESOLUTION
88 SubmittingtothequalifiedvotersofMissourianamendmentrepealingSection8ofArticle
99 IIIoftheConstitutionofMissouri,andadoptingonenewsectioninlieuthereof
1010 relatingtotermlimitsformembersofthegeneralassembly.
1111 BeitresolvedbytheHouseofRepresentatives,theSenateconcurringtherein:
1212 ThatatthenextgeneralelectiontobeheldinthestateofMissouri,onTuesdaynext
1313 2followingthefirstMondayinNovember,2026,orataspecialelectiontobecalledbythe
1414 3governorforthatpurpose,thereisherebysubmittedtothequalifiedvotersofthisstate,for
1515 4adoptionorrejection,thefollowingamendmenttoArticleIIIoftheConstitutionofthestate
1616 5ofMissouri:
1717 SectionA.Section8,ArticleIII,ConstitutionofMissouri,isrepealedandonenew
1818 2sectionadoptedinlieuthereof,tobeknownasSection8,toreadasfollows:
1919 Section8.1.BeforeDecember5,2030,nooneshallbeelectedtoservemorethan
2020 2eightyearstotalinanyonehouseoftheGeneralAssemblynormorethansixteenyearstotal
2121 3inbothhousesoftheGeneralAssembly.Inapplyingthissection,serviceintheGeneral
2222 4AssemblyresultingfromanelectionpriortoDecember3,1992,orserviceoflessthanone
2323 5year,inthecaseofamemberofthehouseofrepresentatives,ortwoyears,inthecaseofa
2424 6memberofthesenate,byapersonelectedaftertheeffectivedateofthissectiontocomplete
2525 7thetermofanotherperson,shallnotbecounted.
26-8 2.BeginningDecember5,2030,nooneshallbeelectedtoservemorethan
26+EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
27+intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 8 2.BeginningDecember5,2030,nooneshallbeelectedtoservemorethan
2728 9sixteenyearstotalinbothhousesoftheGeneralAssembly.ServiceintheGeneral
2829 10AssemblyresultingfromanelectionpriortoDecember5,2030,shallbecounted.
29-EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
30-intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 11 3.Nopersonservinginthegeneralassemblyshallserveasthespeakerofthe
31-12houseofrepresentativesformorethantwotermsoraspresidentprotemporeofthe
32-13senateformorethanoneterm.
30+11 3.Nopersonservinginthegeneralassemblyshallserveasthespeakerofthe
31+12houseofrepresentativesformorethanthreetermsoraspresidentprotemporeofthe
32+13senateformorethantwoterms.
3333 SectionB.Pursuanttochapter116,andotherapplicableconstitutionalprovisionsand
3434 2lawsofthisstateallowingthegeneralassemblytoadoptballotlanguageforthesubmissionof
3535 3thisjointresolutiontothevotersofthisstate,theofficialsummarystatementofthis
3636 4resolutionshallbeasfollows:
3737 5 "ShalltheMissouriConstitutionbeamendedto:
3838 6 •Prohibitlegislatorsfromservingmorethansixteenyearstotalinbothhousesofthe
3939 7GeneralAssembly;and
4040 8 •LimitthelengthoftimeanylegislatorcanserveasSpeakeroftheHouseof
4141 9RepresentativesorPresidentProTemporeoftheSenate?".
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