HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION UU

 

 

November 29, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Muxlow 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 certain elected state offices.

 

     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 certain elected

 

state offices, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people

 

of the state:

 

ARTICLE IV

 

     Sec. 54. (1) No Except as otherwise provided in subsection

 

(2), a person shall not be elected to the office of state

 

representative more than three times. No Except as otherwise

 

provided in subsection (2), a person shall not be elected to the

 

office of state senate more than two 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

 

that office, shall be is 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 may be elected to

 

office shall apply applies to terms of office beginning on or after

 

January 1, 1993.

 

     (2) A person first serving as a state representative or state

 

senator in 2018 or later may serve as a state representative or

 

state senator for a combined total of not more than 14 years. Any

 

person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in the house of

 

representatives or the state senate who holds office for one day or

 

more within a calendar year is considered to have served the entire

 

calendar year for purposes of this subsection. A person is not

 

eligible to serve as a state representative or state senator unless

 

that person is eligible to serve the entire term of that office

 

under this subsection.

 

     (3) This section shall be is self-executing. Legislation may

 

be enacted to facilitate operation of this section, but no a law

 

shall not 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 are 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.