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H. J. R. No. 8 As Introduced
As Introduced
| 128th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2009-2010 |
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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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Proposing to amend Section 2 of Article II and
Section 9 of Article V of the Ohio Constitution to
eliminate the term limits and restrictions on
returning to office that apply to members of the
General Assembly.
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| Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio,
three-fifths of the members elected to each house concurring
herein, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the
state, in the manner prescribed by law at a special election to be
held on May 4, 2010, a proposal to amend Section 2 of Article II
and Section 9 of Article V of the Constitution of Ohio to read as
follows: |
| 2. Representatives shall be elected biennially by
the electors of the
respective house of representatives districts;
their term of office shall
commence on the first day of January
next thereafter and continue two years.
Senators shall be elected
by the electors of the respective senate districts;
their terms of
office shall commence on the first day of January next after
their
election. All terms of senators which commence on the first day
of
January, 1969 shall be four years, and all terms which commence
on the first
day of January, 1971 shall be four years.
Thereafter, except for the filling
of vacancies for unexpired
terms, senators shall be elected to and hold
office for terms of
four years. |
No person shall hold the office of state senator for a period
longer than two
successive terms of four years. No person shall
hold the office of state
representative for a period longer than
four successive terms of two years.
Terms shall be considered
successive unless separated by a period of four or
more years.
Only terms beginning on or after january 1, 1993 shall be
considered in determining an individual's eligibility to hold
office. |
9. In determining the eligibility of an individual
to hold an office in accordance with articles ii, iiiArticles
III, and vV of this constitution, (a)(A) time
spent in an office
in
fulfillment of a term to which another person was first elected
shall not be considered provided that a period of at least four
years passed between the time, if any, in which the individual
previously held that office, and the time the individual is
elected or
appointed to fulfill the unexpired term; and (b)(B) a
person who is elected to an office in a regularly scheduled
general election and resigns prior to the completion of the term
for which he or she was elected, shall be considered to have
served the full term in that office. |
| EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEAL
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| If adopted by a majority of the electors voting on this
proposal, it takes effect January 1, 2011, and existing Section 2
of Article II and existing Section 9 of Article V of the
Constitution of Ohio are repealed on that effective date. |
| The amendment of Section 2 of Article II and Section 9 of
Article V of the Constitution of Ohio removes all limitations upon
the terms of members who hold office as members of the General
Assembly on or after the effective date of the amendment. Former
members of the General Assembly who were subject to limitations on
their terms before the effective date of the amendment remain
subject to those limitations until they commence a new term as a
member of the General Assembly in accordance with those
limitations. |
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