Bill Text: MI HJRV | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Legislature; legislators; term limits; repeal. Amends sec. 54, art. IV of the state constitution.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-07-14 - Printed Joint Resolution Filed 06/19/2015 [HJRV Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HJRV-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION V

 

June 18, 2015, Introduced by Reps. McBroom, Clemente, Cole, Potvin, LaVoy, Zemke, Jenkins, Vaupel, Santana, Pagel, Aaron Miller, Kivela, Hooker, Schor, Hoadley, Wittenberg and Price and referred to the Committee on Elections.

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

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

 

repeal term limits for legislators.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to repeal term limits for legislators, 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 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.