SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 22
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCHNEIDER.
Pre-filed December 1, 2001, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
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Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing section 8 of article III of the Constitution of Missouri relating to term limits, and adopting two new sections in lieu thereof relating to the same subject.
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2002, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendments, to be presented to the voters as separate questions, to article III of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Section 8, article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 8, to read as follows:
Section 8. No person shall serve more than twelve consecutive years in either house of the general assembly. Time served after January 5, 1994, shall be counted. No person shall serve for more than a total of four years in the offices of speaker of the house of representatives, president pro tem of the senate, or any office hereinafter created which exercises the powers of said offices.
[Section 8. No one shall be elected or appointed to serve more than eight years total in any one house of the General Assembly nor more than sixteen years total in both houses of the General Assembly. In applying this section, service in the General Assembly resulting from an election or appointment prior to the effective date of this section shall not be counted.]Section B. Article III, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 8(a), to read as follows:
Section 8(a). When a person is elected to complete the term of another person, service of less than a full general assembly shall not be counted.