HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION U


     February 26, 2002, Introduced by Rep. DeWeese and referred to the Committee on Redistricting and Elections.


        A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, by amending section 4 of article XI, to pro-

   vide that a person convicted of certain crimes is not eligible to

   hold certain state offices.

        Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

   state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, to provide that a person convicted of certain

   crimes is not eligible to hold certain state offices, is pro-

   posed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:

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                                    ARTICLE XI

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             Sec. 4.  No person having custody or control of public

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        moneys shall be a member of the legislature, or be eligible to

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        any office of trust or profit under this state, until he OR SHE

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        shall have made an accounting, as provided by law, of all sums

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        for which he OR SHE may be liable.


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             FOR NEW TERMS OF OFFICE BEGINNING AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2001, A

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        PERSON IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO HOLD A STATE ELECTIVE OFFICE, TO BE A

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        MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, OR TO BE A JUSTICE OR JUDGE IN THIS

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        STATE IF THAT PERSON HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF EVADING THE DRAFT,

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        REFUSING TO REGISTER FOR THE DRAFT, REFUSING TO BE INDUCTED INTO

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        THE ARMED FORCES, IF DRAFTED, OR DESERTION, AS DEFINED BY LAW.

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             Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be sub-

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        mitted to the people of the state at the next general election in

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        the manner provided by law.






































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