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REFERENCE TITLE: legislature; term limits; four years |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature First Regular Session 2011
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HCR 2010 |
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Introduced by Representatives Chabin: Burges, Senators Jackson, Pierce S, Reagan
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Arizona; amending article IV, part 2, section 21, Constitution of Arizona; relating to legislative members' terms.
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Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:
1. Article IV, part 2, section 21, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
21. Term limits of members of state legislature
Section 21. A. The members of the first legislature shall hold office until the first Monday in January, 1913. Through the fiftieth legislature, the terms of office of the members of succeeding legislatures the house of representatives and the members of the senate shall be two years. No state senator shall serve more than four consecutive terms in that office, nor shall any state representative serve more than four consecutive terms in that office. This limitation on the number of terms of consecutive service shall apply to terms of office beginning on or after January 1, 1993. Beginning with the fifty‑first legislature in 2013, the terms of office of the members of the house of representatives and the members of the senate shall be four years. Beginning with the fifty‑first legislature in 2013, a state senator shall not serve more than four consecutive terms in that office, nor shall any state representative serve more than four consecutive terms in that office. This limitation to four consecutive terms of service applies to terms of office that begin on or after January 1, 2013. No legislator, after serving the maximum number of terms, which shall include any part of a term served, may serve in the same office until he the legislator has been out of office for no less than one full term.
B. The increase to a four year term beginning with the fifty‑first legislature in 2013 shall apply as follows:
1. A legislator who serves three consecutive terms in one house of the legislature and whose first term began in January, 2007 is eligible to serve one additional consecutive term in that house that begins in January, 2013 and is not eligible for a fifth consecutive term in that house.
2. A legislator who serves two consecutive terms in one house of the legislature and whose first term began in January, 2009 is eligible to serve two additional consecutive terms in that house that begin in January, 2013 and January, 2017 and is not eligible for a fifth consecutive term in that house.
3. A legislator who serves one term in a house of the legislature and whose first term began in January, 2011 without prior consecutive service in that house is eligible to serve three additional consecutive terms in that house that begin in January, 2013, January, 2017 and January, 2021.
2. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona.