SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 18
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SINGLETON.
Read 1st time February 28, 2001, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
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Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing section 8 of article III and section 17 of article IV of the Constitution of Missouri relating to elected officials, 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, 2002, 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 amendment to article III and article IV of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Section 8, article III, and section 17, article IV, Constitution of Missouri, are repealed and two new sections adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 8, article III and section 17, article IV, to read as follows:
Section 8. [No one shall] Members may be elected [or appointed] to serve [more than eight years total] two consecutive terms in any one house of the General Assembly [nor more than sixteen years total in both houses of the General Assembly]. Members who serve two consecutive terms in an office must then wait a term before seeking re-election to the same office. In applying this section, service in the General Assembly resulting from an election or appointment prior to [the effective date of this section] December 3, 1992, shall not be counted.
Section 17. The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, and attorney general shall be elected at the presidential elections for terms of four years each. Any person who is elected to two consecutive terms in the office of the governor or state treasurer must then wait a term before seeking re-election to the same office. The state auditor shall be elected for a term of two years at the general election in the year 1948, and his successors shall be elected for terms of four years. [No person shall be elected governor or treasurer more than twice, and no] Any person who has held the office of governor or treasurer, or acted as governor or treasurer, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected to the office of governor or treasurer [shall be elected to the office of governor or treasurer more than once] may serve one term consecutive to such partial term and must then wait a term before seeking re-election to the same office. The heads of all the executive departments shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. All appointive officers may be removed by the governor and shall possess the qualifications required by this constitution or by law.