HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION Q


     May 10, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Minore and referred to the Committee on Constitutional Law and Ethics.


        A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, by amending section 54 of article IV and

   section 30 of article V, to modify term limits for certain state

   offices.

        Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

   state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, to modify term limits for certain state

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

   the state:

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                                  ARTICLE IV

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           Sec. 54.  No person shall be elected to the office of state

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      representative more than  three  SIX times.  No person shall be

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      elected to the office of state senate more than  two  THREE

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      times.  Any person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in the

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      house of representatives or the state senate for a period greater


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      than one half of a term of such office, shall be considered to

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      have been elected to serve one time in that office for purposes

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      of this section.  This limitation on the number of times a person

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      shall be elected to office shall apply to terms of office begin-

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      ning on or after January 1, 1993.

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           This section shall be self-executing.  Legislation may be

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

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

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      of this section is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the

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      remaining parts of this section shall not be affected but will

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      remain in full force and effect.

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                                  ARTICLE V

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           Sec. 30.  No person shall be elected more than  two  THREE

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      times to each office of the executive branch of government:  gov-

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      ernor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state or attorney

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      general.  Any person appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in

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      the office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state

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      or attorney general for a period greater than one half of a term

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      of such office, shall be considered to have been elected to serve

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      one time in that office for purposes of this section.  This limi-

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      tation on the number of times a person shall be elected to office

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      shall apply to terms of office beginning on or after January 1,

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      1993.

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           This section shall be self-executing.  Legislation may be

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

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

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      of this section is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the



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      remaining parts of this section shall not be affected but will

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      remain in full force and effect.

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           Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be sub-

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      mitted to the people of the state at the next general election in

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      the manner provided by law.














































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