Session of 2000
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5065
By Representative Edmonds
2-9
9 A PROPOSITION to
amend section 2 of article 2 of the constitution of
10 the state of Kansas,
relating to members of the senate and house of
11 representatives.
12
13 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas, two-thirds of the
14 members elected (or
appointed) and qualified to the House of Repre-
15 sentatives and
two-thirds of the members elected (or appointed) and
16 qualified to the
Senate concurring therein:
17
Section 1. The following proposition to amend the
constitution of the
18 state of Kansas shall be submitted to the
qualified electors of the state
19 for their approval or rejection: Section 2
of article 2 of the constitution
20 of the state of Kansas is hereby amended to
read as follows:
21 "§
2. Senators and representatives. The number of
repre-
22 sentatives and
senators shall be regulated by law, but shall not ex-
23 ceed one hundred
twenty-five representatives and forty senators.
24 Representatives and
senators shall be elected from single-member
25 districts prescribed
by law. Representatives shall be elected for two
26 year terms. Senators
shall be elected for four year terms. The terms
27 of representatives and
senators shall commence on the second
28 Monday of January of
the year following election. Except as other-
29 wise hereinafter
provided, no person shall be elected at any general
30 election for more
than three successive four-year terms as a member
31 of the senate, and
no person shall be elected at any general election
32 for more than six
successive two-year terms as a member of the
33 house of
representatives. Any person filing a ballot access petition
34 in the manner
prescribed by law which is signed by qualified elec-
35 tors of the
district equal in number to not less than 20% of the total
36 number of electors
of the district who voted for the office of the
37 secretary of state
at the last general election for such office, may
38 become a candidate
for and may be elected, in the manner pre-
39 scribed by law, to
successive terms of office in the senate and house
40 of representatives
in excess of the limitations hereinbefore
41
prescribed."
42 Sec. 2. The
following statement shall be printed on the ballot with
43 the amendment as a whole:
2
1 "Explanatory
statement. The purpose of this amendment is to limit
2
the number of terms for which a person can be elected as
a
3
member of the senate and house of representatives except
upon
4
the filing of a sufficient petition signed by qualified
electors of
5
the district requesting that a person be permitted to be
elected
6
to an additional successive term.
7
"A vote for this amendment favors limiting the number of
terms
8
for which a person can be elected as a member of the
senate
9
and house of representatives but reserving to the qualified
elec-
10
tors of the district the right to petition for the right of a
desig-
11
nated person to be allowed to be elected to an additional suc-
12
cessive term.
13
"A vote against this amendment favors retaining the present
lan-
14
guage of the constitution which places no limit upon the number
15
of terms to which a person can be elected as a member of either
16
house of the legislature."
17
Sec. 3. This resolution, if approved by two-thirds of
the members
18 elected (or appointed) and qualified to the
House of Representatives, and
19 two-thirds of the members elected (or
appointed) and qualified to the
20 Senate shall be entered on the journals,
together with the yeas and nays.
21 The secretary of state shall cause this
resolution to be published as pro-
22 vided by law and shall cause the proposed
amendment to be submitted
23 to the electors of the state at the general
election in the year 2000 unless
24 a special election is called at a sooner
date by concurrent resolution of
25 the legislature, in which case it shall be
submitted to the electors of the
26 state at the special election.
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