SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 31
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCHNEIDER.
Pre-filed December 1, 1999, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
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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.
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2000, 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 amendments to be presented to the voters as separate questions, to article III of the Constitution of the state of Missouri and the amendment receiving the greater majority of votes cast for adoption shall supercede:
Section A. Section 8, article III, constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be submitted to the voters as a separate question, to be known as section 8, to read as follows:
Section 8. 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 hereinafter 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effective date of this section shall not be counted.]Section B. Section 8, article III, constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be submitted to the voters as a separate question, to be known as section 8, to read as follows:
Section 8. After the effective date of this section, no person shall seek election to office in any one house of the general assembly at the following regular election for such office, if, by the end of such person's current term, such person will have served twelve or more consecutive years. In applying this section, service of less than a full term in any house of the General Assembly 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.]