SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20
89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCHNEIDER.
Pre-filed December 1, 1997, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
S2074.01I
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, and adopting one new section 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, 1998, 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Section A. Section 8, article III, constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 8, to read as follows:
Section 8. No person shall serve as speaker of the house of representatives for more than a total of four years in his or her lifetime. No person shall serve as president pro tem of the senate for more than a total of four years in his or her lifetime. In applying this section, service as speaker of the house of representatives or president pro tem of the senate prior to the effective date of this section shall not be counted.
[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.]