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2005 SESSION
SJ 407 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office.
Introduced by: Jeannemarie D. Davis | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office. Provides that the governor's term of office will be six years. The proposal retains the present provisions that prohibit a governor from serving successive terms and allow service of additional terms not in succession. The terms of the lieutenant governor and attorney general will also be six years under this proposal pursuant to other sections of the Constitution that specify that the lieutenant governor and attorney general serve for the same term as the governor. There is no limit on the number of terms that the lieutenant governor and attorney general may serve.
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HISTORY
- 01/14/05 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 050340726
- 01/14/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/08/05 Senate: Left in Privileges and Elections