Bill Text: WV HJR2 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Term Limits for Senators and Delegates in the West Virginia Legislature
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-10 - To House Judiciary [HJR2 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2018-HJR2-Introduced.html
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2017 REGULAR SESSION
House Joint Resolution
2
By DELEGATE BATES
[Introduced February 8, 2017;
referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the State of West Virginia, amending section three, article VI thereof,
relating to imposing term limits for senators and delegates; numbering and
designating such proposed amendment; and providing a summarized statement of
the purpose of such proposed amendment.
Resolved by the
Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of the members elected to each house
agreeing thereto:
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 2018, which proposed amendment is that section three,
article VI thereof be amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE VI. THE LEGISLATURE.
§3. Senators and delegates -- Terms of office; limitation.
Senators shall be elected
for the term of four years, and delegates for the term of two years. The
senators first elected, shall divide themselves into two classes, one senator
from every district being assigned to each class; and of these classes, the
first to be designated by lot in such manner as the Senate may determine, shall
hold their seats for two years and the second for four years, so that after the
first election, one half of the senators shall be elected biennially.
A person who has
been elected or who has served as a senator during all or any part of three
consecutive terms shall be ineligible for the office of senator during any part
of the term immediately following the third of the three consecutive terms. No
person who has served three or more consecutive terms as a senator upon the
ratification of this section in 2018, may serve another consecutive term
beginning in 2019.
A person who has
been elected or who has served as a delegate during all or any part of six
consecutive terms shall be ineligible for the office of delegate during any
part of the term immediately following the sixth of the six consecutive terms.
No person who has served six or more consecutive terms as a delegate upon the
ratification of this section in 2018, may serve another consecutive term
beginning in 2019.
Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of article
eleven, chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, such
proposed amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment
No.1" and designated as the "Term Limits for Senators and
Delegates in the West Virginia Legislature"
and the purpose of the proposed amendment is summarized as follows: “The purpose of this amendment is to limit the number
of terms a senator or delegate may serve in the West Virginia Legislature."
NOTE: The purpose of this
resolution is to limit the number of terms a senator or delegate may serve in
the West Virginia Legislature.
Strike-throughs indicate language
that would be stricken from the present Constitution, and underscoring
indicates new language that would be added.
