Bill Amendment: WV HJR104 | 2022 | Regular Session
Bill Title: Providing Term Limits for certain Constitutional Officers
Status: 2022-03-12 - Senate requests House to concur [HJR104 Detail]
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HJR104 S JUD AM #1 3-9
Schindzielorz 7892
The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the resolution by striking out everything after the resolved clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to the voters of the state at the next general election to be held in the year 2022, which proposed amendment is that section four, article VII thereof, be amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE VII. Executive Department.
§4. Eligibility.
None of the executive officers mentioned in this article shall hold any other office during the term of his or her service.
A person who has been elected or who has
served as Governor during all or any part of two consecutive terms shall
be ineligible for the office of Governor during any part of the term
immediately following the second of the two consecutive terms. The
person holding the office of governor when this section is ratified shall not
be prevented from holding the office of governor during the term immediately
following the term he is then serving.
After January 1, 2025, a person may not serve more than three consecutive terms in one of the following offices: Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney General, or Commissioner of Agriculture. Service of a term or partial term which begins prior to January 1, 2025, shall not be counted for the purposes of this limitation. Service of a term or partial term which begins after January 1, 2025, shall be counted for the purposes of this limitation.
Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of article eleven, chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, such amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment No. 1" and designated as the "Constitutional Officer Term Limit Amendment" and the purpose of the proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "To prevent any person from serving in the office of Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture, or Attorney General for more than three consecutive terms for terms beginning after January 1, 2025".
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