PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.C.R. 1018
(Reference to Senate engrossed resolution)
Page 1, strike lines 1 through 22
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"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 a state senator shall not serve more than four consecutive terms in that office. , nor shall any A state representative shall not serve more than four consecutive terms in that office. This limitation on the number of terms of consecutive service shall apply applies 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 of the members of the house of REPRESENTATIVES shall be two years. Beginning with the fifty-sixth legislature in 2023, a STATE senator shall not serve more than three consecutive terms in that office, and a state representative shall not serve more than six consecutive terms in that office. this LIMITATION of three consecutive TERMS of service for state senators and six consecutive terms of service for state representatives applies to terms of office that begin on or after January 1, 2023 without REGARD to any previous consecutive terms of service for state senators and state REPRESENTATIVES.
B. No a legislator, after serving the maximum number of terms, which shall include any part of a term served, may not serve in the same office until he the legislator has been out of office for no not less than one full term.
C. If a legislative district's boundaries are changed during a legislator's term as prescribed in subsection a of this section, the legislator shall continue to represent the district with the same numeric designation as the district from which the legislator was elected. on completion of that term, all legislators must be residents of the DISTRICTs that the legislators represent.
2. Article V, section 12, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
12. Compensation of elective state officers; commission on salaries for elective state officers
Section 12. A. The salaries of those holding elective state offices shall be as established by law from time to time, subject to the limitations of article 6 VI, section 33 and to the limitations of article 4 IV, part 2, section 17. Such salaries as are presently established may be altered from time to time by the procedure established in this section or as otherwise provided by law, except that legislative salaries may be altered only by the procedures established in this section.
B. A commission to be known as the independent commission on salaries for elective state officers is authorized to be established by the legislature. The commission shall be composed of five seven members who are appointed from private life as follows: ,
1. Two of whom members shall be appointed by the governor. and
2. One each member shall be appointed by the president of the senate. ,
3. One member shall be appointed by the MINORITY party leader of the senate.
4. One member shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. , and
5. One member shall be appointed by the minority party leader of the house of representatives.
6. One member shall be appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court.
C. If the governor or the CHIEF justice of the supreme court fails to make an appointment to the commission by June 30 of each odd-numbered year, the speaker of the house of representatives and the PRESIDENT of the senate may by joint APPOINTMENT fill that POSITION.
D. At such times as may be directed by the legislature, the commission shall report to the governor and the legislature with recommendations concerning the rates of pay of elected state officers. The governor shall upon the receipt of such report make recommendations to the legislature with respect to the exact rates of pay which he deems advisable for those offices and positions other than for the rates of pay of members of the legislature. Such recommendations shall become effective at a time established by the legislature after the transmission of the recommendation of the governor without aid of further legislative action unless, within such period of time, there has been enacted into law a statute which that establishes rates of pay other than those proposed by the governor recommended by the commission, or unless either house of the legislature specifically disapproves all or part of the governor's recommendation. The recommendations of the governor commission, unless disapproved or altered within the time provided by law, shall be effective; and any 1971 recommendations shall be effective as to all offices on the first Monday in January of 1973. In case of either a legislative enactment or disapproval by either house, the recommendations shall be effective only insofar as not altered or disapproved. The recommendations of the commission as to legislative salaries shall be certified by it to the secretary of state and the secretary of state shall submit to the qualified electors at the next regular general election the question, "Shall the recommendations of the commission on salaries for elective state officers concerning legislative salaries be accepted? [ ] Yes [ ] No." Such recommendations if approved by the electors shall become effective at the beginning of the next regular legislative session without any other authorizing legislation. Beginning the second Monday of 2023 and for any year thereafter, legislative salaries shall be sixty percent of the governor's salary. All recommendations which that become effective under this section shall supersede all laws enacted prior to before their effective date relating to such salaries.
Sec. 3. Short title
This act may be cited as the "Arizona Legislative Reform Act".
4. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article XXI, Constitution of Arizona."
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