Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HR 33 - State elected officials; term limits - CA

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1. Klein  39th            2. Falls  125th            3. Day  153rd
4. Sauder  29th           5. Hembree  98th


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HR 33                                             LC 16 3896






                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to limit
  1- 2  members of the General Assembly to six consecutive two-year
  1- 3  terms of office and to limit the Lieutenant Governor,
  1- 4  Secretary of State, Attorney General, State School
  1- 5  Superintendent, Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of
  1- 6  Agriculture, and Commissioner of Labor to three consecutive
  1- 7  four-year terms of office; to provide for the submission of
  1- 8  this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other
  1- 9  purposes.

  1-10       BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-11  Article III, Section II, Paragraph V of the Constitution is
  1-12  amended by adding at the end a new subparagraph to read as
  1-13  follows:

  1-14      "(d) No member of the General Assembly who has served
  1-15    six consecutive full two-year terms of office which began
  1-16    on or after January 1, l995, as a member of the Senate or
  1-17    House of Representatives of this state shall again be
  1-18    eligible to hold office in that body in which that person
  1-19    last so served until after the expiration of two years
  1-20    from the conclusion of that person's last term of office."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-21  Article V, Section I of the Constitution is amended by
  1-22  striking Paragraph III thereof and inserting in its place a
  1-23  new Paragraph to read as follows:

  1-24      "Paragraph III.  Lieutenant Governor.  There shall be a
  1-25    Lieutenant Governor, who shall be elected at the same
  1-26    time, for the same term, and in the same manner as the
  1-27    Governor.  The Lieutenant Governor shall be the President
  1-28    of the Senate and shall have such executive duties as
  1-29    prescribed by the Governor and as may be prescribed by law
  1-30    not inconsistent with the powers of the Governor or other
  1-31    provisions of this Constitution.  The compensation and
  1-32    allowances of the Lieutenant Governor shall be as provided
  1-33    by law.  A person who has served three consecutive full



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  2- 1    four-year terms of office which began on or after January
  2- 2    1, l995, as Lieutenant Governor shall not again be
  2- 3    eligible to hold such office until after the expiration of
  2- 4    four years from the conclusion of that person's last term
  2- 5    of office."

                         SECTION 3.

  2- 6  Article V, Section III, Paragraph II of the Constitution is
  2- 7  amended by adding at the end a new subparagraph to read as
  2- 8  follows:

  2- 9      "(c) No person who has served three consecutive full
  2-10    four-year terms of office which began on or after January
  2-11    1, l995, as Secretary of State, Attorney General, State
  2-12    School Superintendent, Commissioner of Insurance,
  2-13    Commissioner of Agriculture, or Commissioner of Labor
  2-14    shall again be eligible to hold the office in which that
  2-15    person last so served until after the expiration of four
  2-16    years from the conclusion of that person's last term of
  2-17    office."

                         SECTION 4.

  2-18  The above proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be
  2-19  published and submitted as provided in Article X, Section I,
  2-20  Paragraph II of the Constitution.

  2-21  The ballot submitting the above proposed amendment shall
  2-22  have written or printed thereon the following:

  2-23    "(  ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to
  2-24              limit members of the General Assembly to six
  2-25     (  ) NO  consecutive two-year terms of office and to
  2-26              limit the Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
  2-27              State, Attorney General, State School
  2-28              Superintendent, Commissioner of Insurance,
  2-29              Commissioner of Agriculture, and Commissioner
  2-30              of Labor to three consecutive four-year terms
  2-31              of office?"

  2-32  All persons desiring to vote in favor of ratifying the
  2-33  proposed amendment shall vote "Yes."  All persons desiring
  2-34  to vote against ratifying the proposed amendment shall vote
  2-35  "No."

  2-36  If such amendment shall be ratified as provided in said
  2-37  Paragraph of the Constitution, it shall become a part of the
  2-38  Constitution of this state.




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