FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS NOS. 1 & 4
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Reported from the Committee on Judiciary, March 15, 2001, with recommendation that the Senate Committee Substitute
do pass.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
0139S.03C
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 two new sections in lieu thereof relating to the same subject.
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein:
That at the next municipal general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on the first Tuesday of April, 2001, 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Section A. Section 8, article III, constitution of Missouri, is repealed and two new sections adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 8 and 8(a), to read as follows:
Section 8. After the effective date of this section, no person shall serve more than twelve consecutive years in either house of the general assembly. Time served after January 5, 1994, shall be counted. Service to complete less than fifty percent of the term of another person shall not be counted.
Section 8(a). After the effective date of this section, no person shall serve for more than a total of four years in the office of speaker of the house of representatives or the office of president pro tem of the senate or to any office created which exercises the powers of said offices as presently constituted.
[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.]