HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION C

 

January 15, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Farrington and referred to the Committee on Elections.

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by amending section 54 of article IV, to

 

modify term limits for state senators and state representatives.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to modify term limits for state senators and

 

state representatives, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the

 

people of the state:

 

ARTICLE IV

 

     Sec. 54. No A person elected to the office of state

 

representative before 2016 shall not be elected to the office of

 

state representative more than three times. No A person first

 

elected to the office of state representative in 2016 or later

 

shall not be elected to the office of state representative more

 


than six times. A person elected to the office of state senate

 

before 2016 shall not be elected to the office of state senate more

 

than two times. A person first elected to the office of state

 

senate in 2016 or later shall not be elected to the office of state

 

senate more than three times. Any person appointed or elected to

 

fill a vacancy in the house of representatives or the state senate

 

for a period greater than one half of a term of such office, shall

 

be considered to have been elected to serve one time in that office

 

for purposes of this section. This limitation on the number of

 

times a person shall be elected to office shall apply to terms of

 

office beginning on or after January 1, 1993.

 

     This section shall be self-executing. Legislation may be

 

enacted to facilitate operation of this section, but no law shall

 

limit or restrict the application of this section. If any part of

 

this section is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the

 

remaining parts of this section shall not be affected but will

 

remain in full force and effect.

 

     Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 

submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 

in the manner provided by law.