SF 12

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/23/2012 08:07am

A bill for an act
relating to elections; providing term limits for state legislators; proposing an
amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 6.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PROPOSED.
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new text begin An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the
amendment is adopted, article IV, section 6, will read:
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Sec. 6.

Senators and representatives shall be qualified voters of the state, and shall have
resided one year in the state and six months immediately preceding the election in the
district from which elected. new text begin A person may not be elected more than four times to the office
of senator or six times to the office of representative. For purposes of this term limitation,
election at a special election counts as one of the four or six elections. new text end Each house shall be
the judge of the election returns and eligibility of its own members. The legislature shall
prescribe by law the manner for taking evidence in cases of contested seats in either house.

Sec. 2. new text begin SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
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new text begin The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2012 general
election. The question submitted must be:
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new text begin "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to place limits on the number of
terms of office of state legislators?
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new text begin Yes ....... new text end

new text begin No ......." new text end

new text begin Elections before 2012 must be disregarded in determining the limits imposed by
the amendment.
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