FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 16
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATORS JACOB AND COLEMAN.
Read 1st time February 4, 2003, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
1522S.01I
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing section 8 of article III of the Constitution of Missouri, relating to term limits.
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2004, 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 amendment to article III of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A.Section 8, article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed, to read as follows:
[Section 8.No one shall be elected 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 prior to December 3, 1992, or service of less than one year, in the case of a member of the house of representatives, or two years, in the case of a member of the senate, by a person elected after the effective date of this section to complete the term of another person, shall not be counted.]