S 0069 Joint Resolution, By Passailaigue
    A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 7, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON MAY NOT SERVE MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, EITHER AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OR AS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE, OR A COMBINATION THEREOF; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS SERVED TWELVE YEARS ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE RATIFICATION OF THIS PROVISION, HIS OFFICE IS DEEMED VACANT AND A SPECIAL ELECTION MUST BE HELD AS PROVIDED BY LAW; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A PERSON IS ELECTED FOR A TERM THAT, IF SERVED TO EXPIRATION, WOULD EXCEED TWELVE YEARS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AFTER THE TWELFTH YEAR, THE OFFICE IS DEEMED VACANT AND A SPECIAL ELECTION MUST BE HELD AS PROVIDED BY LAW; AND TO PROVIDE THAT PERSON WHO HAS SERVED TWELVE YEARS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, EITHER AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OR AS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE, OR A COMBINATION THEREOF, MAY NOT SERVE IN A STATEWIDE OFFICE THAT THIS CONSTITUTION REQUIRES TO BE ELECTED.
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01/14/97	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-107
01/14/97	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-107