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REFERENCE TITLE: state senators; four-year terms |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session 2017
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SCR 1027 |
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Introduced by Senators Yarbrough: Cajero Bedford, Griffin, Hobbs, Yee; Representatives Allen J, Mesnard, Shooter, Shope
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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 Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives 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 fifty-fifth 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‑sixth legislature in 2023, the terms of office of the members of the senate shall be four years and the terms of office for the members of the house of representatives remain at two years. Beginning with the fifty‑sixth legislature in 2023, a state senator shall not serve more than two consecutive terms in that office, and a state representative continues to be limited to four consecutive terms in that office. This limitation to two consecutive terms of service for state senators applies to terms of office that begin on or after January 1, 2023.
B. 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.
C. The increase to a four-year term for state senators beginning with the fifty‑sixth legislature in 2023 shall apply as follows:
1. A state senator who serves three consecutive terms in the senate and whose first term began in January, 2017 is eligible to serve one additional consecutive term in the senate that begins in January, 2023 and is not eligible for a fifth consecutive term in the senate.
2. A state senator who serves two consecutive terms in the senate and whose first term began in January, 2019 is eligible to serve one additional consecutive term in the senate that begins in January, 2023 and is not eligible for a fourth consecutive term in the senate.
3. A state senator who serves one term in the senate and whose first term began in January, 2021 without prior consecutive service in the senate is eligible to serve two additional consecutive terms in the senate that begin in January, 2023 and January, 2027.
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.