December 10, 2014, Introduced by Senator RICHARDVILLE and referred to the Committee on Committee of the Whole.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 54 of article IV, to
modify term limits.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to modify term limits, is proposed, agreed
to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec.
54. No Except as otherwise
provided in this section, a
person shall not be elected to the office of state representative
more
than three times. No Except
as otherwise provided in this
section, a person shall not be elected to the office of state
senate more than two times. Any person appointed or elected to fill
a vacancy in the house of representatives or the state senate for a
period greater than one half of a term of such office, shall be
considered to have been elected to serve one time in that office
for purposes of this section. This limitation on the number of
times a person shall be elected to office shall apply to terms of
office beginning on or after January 1, 1993.
The limitation on the number of times a person may be elected
to the office of state senate and office of state representative
does not apply if a person submits petitions signed by a number of
registered and qualified electors equal to twenty-five percent of
the number of persons voting in the last preceding election for the
office of governor in the electoral district in which the person is
seeking office. A person who submits petitions signed by a
sufficient number of electors under this section may be elected to
the office of state representative an additional three times. A
person who submits petitions signed by a sufficient number of
electors under this section may be elected to the office of state
senate one additional time.
This section shall be self-executing. Legislation may be
enacted to facilitate operation of this section, but no law shall
limit or restrict the application of this section. If any part of
this section is held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the
remaining parts of this section shall not be affected but will
remain in full force and effect.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.