HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION PP

 

 

December 11, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Chirkun 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. (1) No Except as otherwise provided in subsection

 

(2), a person shall not be elected to the office of state

 

representative more than three times. No Except as otherwise

 

provided in subsection (2), a person shall not 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

 

that office, shall be is considered to have been elected to serve

 

one time in that office for purposes of this section. This Except

 

as provided in subsection (2), this limitation on the number of

 

times a person shall may be elected to office shall apply applies

 

to terms of office beginning on or after January 1, 1993.

 

     (2) A person first serving as a state representative or state

 

senator in 2019 or later may serve as a state representative or

 

state senator for a combined total of not more than 20 years. Any

 

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

 

representatives or the state senate who holds office for not less

 

than six months within a calendar year is considered to have served

 

the entire calendar year for purposes of this subsection. A person

 

is not eligible to serve as a state representative or state senator

 

unless that person is eligible to serve the entire term of that

 

office under this subsection.

 

     (3) This section shall be is self-executing. Legislation may

 

be enacted to facilitate operation of this section, but no a law

 

shall not 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 are 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.