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| Amend the resolution, as and if amended, by striking SECTIONS 1 and 2 and inserting:
/SECTION 1. It is proposed that Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, be amended to read:
"Section 2. The House of Representatives shall must be composed of members chosen by ballot every second fourth year by citizens of this State, qualified as in this Constitution is provided."
SECTION 1A. The proposed amendment must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballots:
"Must Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution of this State relating
to the House of Representatives be amended so as to provide that House members
shall serve a four-year term of office rather than a two-year term?
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `No'."
SECTION 2. It is proposed that Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, be amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end to read:
"A member of the House of Representatives may not serve more than six complete terms. A member of the House of Representatives serving in office on the effective date of the ratification of the provision in this section limiting the number of terms a House member may serve may continue to serve his then current term and then six new terms thereafter. Service in another public office does not constitute prior service for purposes of this provision and this limitation on the number of terms which may be served applies whether or not the terms served in this office are consecutive or nonconsecutive."
SECTION 2A. The proposed amendment must be submitted to the qualified
electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be
provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or
written on the ballots:
"Must Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution of this State relating to
the House of Representatives be amended so as to provide that House
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `No'."/
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. CROMER explained the amendment.
Rep. McELVEEN spoke against the amendment.
Rep. HARRISON moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.
Rep. CROMER proposed the following Amendment No. 2 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\GJK\21272SD.95), which was tabled.
Amend the resolution, as and if amended, in SECTION 1 by inserting /consecutive/ immediately before /complete/ on line 5, page 2;
Amend the resolution further, as and if amended, in SECTION 2 by inserting /consecutive/ immediately before /complete/ on line 22, page 2;
Amend the resolution further, as and if amended, in SECTION 3 by inserting /consecutive/ immediately before /complete/ on line 2, page 3;
Amend the resolution further, as and if amended, in SECTION 4 by inserting /consecutive/ immediately before /complete/ on line 19, page 3;
Amend the resolution further, as and if amended, in SECTION 5 by inserting /consecutive/ immediately before /complete/ on line 4, page 4;
Amend the resolution further, as and if amended, in SECTION 6 by inserting /consecutive/ immediately before /complete/ on line 21, page 4. Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. CROMER explained the amendment.
Reps. HARRISON and McELVEEN spoke against the amendment.
Rep. BAXLEY spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. KLAUBER spoke against the amendment.
Rep. HODGES spoke against the amendment.
Rep. HARRISON moved to table the amendment.
The amendment was then tabled by a division vote of 76 to 25.
Rep. HUFF moved that the House recede until 2:30 P.M., which was adopted.
Further proceedings were interrupted by the House receding, the pending question being consideration of amendments.
At 2:30 P.M. the House resumed, the SPEAKER in the Chair.
The question of a quorum was raised. A quorum was later present.
Debate was resumed on the following Joint Resolution, the pending question being the consideration of amendments.
H. 3281 -- Judiciary Committee: A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT HOUSE MEMBERS MAY SERVE ONLY SIX COMPLETE TWO-YEAR TERMS AND TO PROVIDE THAT HOUSE MEMBERS SERVING IN OFFICE WHEN THIS PROVISION IS RATIFIED INTO LAW MAY COMPLETE THE TERM WHICH THEY ARE CURRENTLY SERVING PLUS SIX NEW TERMS THEREAFTER; PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 6 OF THE CONSTITUTION, RELATING TO THE SENATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SENATORS MAY SERVE ONLY THREE COMPLETE FOUR-YEAR TERMS, TO PROVIDE THAT SENATORS SERVING IN OFFICE WHEN THIS PROVISION IS RATIFIED INTO LAW MAY COMPLETE THE TERM WHICH THEY ARE CURRENTLY SERVING PLUS THREE NEW TERMS THEREAFTER, AND TO REVISE CERTAIN OBSOLETE REFERENCES; AND PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 7 OF THE CONSTITUTION, RELATING TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS OF THIS STATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS MAY SERVE ONLY THREE COMPLETE FOUR-YEAR TERMS AND TO PROVIDE THAT
Rep. HODGES proposed the following Amendment No. 3 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\BBM\9798SD.95), which was tabled.
Amend the resolution, as and if amended, by adding new SECTIONS to be appropriately numbered to read:
/SECTION . Article VI of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, is amended by adding:
"Section 10. (A) A person may not serve more than a total of twenty years in any combination of the following offices: United States House of Representatives, State House of Representatives, United States Senate, State Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or other state constitutional office.
(B) A person who would violate the provisions of this section if he were to serve a full term in any such office is ineligible to be elected to that office and may not appear on the ballot for election thereto."
SECTION . The proposed amendment must be submitted to the
qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots
must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words
printed or written on the ballots:
"Must Article VI of the Constitution of this State relating to public
officers be amended so as to provide that a person may not serve more than a
total of twenty years in any combination of the following offices: United
States House of Representatives, State House of Representatives, United States
Senate, State Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or other state
constitutional office, and to provide that a person who would violate the above
provisions if he were to serve a full term in any such office is ineligible to
be elected to that office and may not appear on the ballot for election
thereto.
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `No'."/
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. HARRISON spoke against the amendment and moved to table the amendment.
Rep. HODGES demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Brown, H. Cain Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Cromer Dantzler Davenport Easterday Elliott Fair Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harrison Herdklotz Huff Hutson Jaskwhich Keegan Kelley Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Mason McKay Meacham Quinn Rice Richardson Riser Robinson Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Shissias Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Stuart Thomas Tripp Trotter Vaughn Walker Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young, A. Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Askins Baxley Beatty Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Carnell Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Govan Harris, J. Harwell Hines Hodges Inabinett Jennings
Kennedy Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Lloyd Martin McCraw McElveen McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Phillips Rogers Scott Sheheen Spearman Stoddard Tucker Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White Wilder Williams
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. HODGES proposed the following Amendment No. 4 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\BBM\9799SD.95), which was tabled.
Amend the resolution, as and if amended, by adding new SECTIONS to be appropriately numbered to read:
/SECTION . Article VI of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, is amended by adding:
"Section 10. (A) A person may not serve more than a total of thirty years in any combination of the following offices: United States House of Representatives, State House of Representatives, United States Senate, State Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or other state constitutional office.
(B) A person who would violate the provisions of this section if he were to serve a full term in any such office is ineligible to be elected to that office and may not appear on the ballot for election thereto."
SECTION . The proposed amendment must be submitted to the
qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots
must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words
printed or written on the ballots:
"Must Article VI of the Constitution of this State relating to public
officers be amended so as to provide that a person may not serve more than a
total of thirty years in any combination of the following offices: United
States House of Representatives, State House of Representatives, United States
Senate, State Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or other state
constitutional office, and to provide that a person who would violate the above
provisions if he were to serve a full term in any such office is
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `No'."/
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. HODGES explained the amendment.
Rep. HARRISON moved to table the amendment.
Rep. COBB-HUNTER demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Brown, H. Cain Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Cromer Dantzler Davenport Easterday Fair Felder Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harrison Herdklotz Huff Hutson Jaskwhich Keegan Kelley Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Mason McKay Meacham Quinn Rhoad Rice Richardson Riser Robinson Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Shissias Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Stuart Thomas Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Wilkins
Witherspoon Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Askins Baxley Beatty Boan Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Carnell Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Govan Harris, J. Harris, P. Harwell Hines Hodges Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Keyserling Kirsh Lloyd Martin McAbee McCraw McElveen McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Phillips Rogers Scott Sheheen Spearman Stoddard Tucker Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White Wilder Wilkes Williams Worley
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. HODGES proposed the following Amendment No. 5 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\BBM\9800SD.95), which was tabled.
Amend the resolution, as and if amended, by adding new SECTIONS to be appropriately numbered to read:
/SECTION . Article VI of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, is amended by adding:
"Section 10. (A) A person may not serve more than a total of forty
years in any combination of the following offices: United States House of
Representatives, State House of Representatives, United States Senate, State
Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or other state constitutional office.
SECTION . The proposed amendment must be submitted to the
qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots
must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words
printed or written on the ballots:
"Must Article VI of the Constitution of this State relating to public
officers be amended so as to provide that a person may not serve more than a
total of forty years in any combination of the following offices: United States
House of Representatives, State House of Representatives, United States Senate,
State Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or other state constitutional
office, and to provide that a person who would violate the above provisions if
he were to serve a full term in any such office is ineligible to be elected to
that office and may not appear on the ballot for election thereto.
Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word `No'."/
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and title to conform.
Rep. HODGES explained the amendment.
Rep. BAXLEY spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. HARRISON moved to table the amendment.
Rep. SCOTT demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Brown, H. Cain Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Cromer Dantzler Davenport Easterday Elliott Fair Felder Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harrison Herdklotz
Huff Hutson Jaskwhich Keegan Kelley Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Marchbanks Mason McKay Meacham Quinn Rice Richardson Riser Robinson Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Shissias Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Stuart Thomas Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Wright Young, A. Young, J.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Askins Baxley Beatty Boan Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Carnell Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Delleney Govan Harris, J. Harris, P. Harwell Hines Hodges Howard Inabinett Jennings Kennedy Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Lloyd McAbee McCraw McElveen McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Phillips Rhoad Rogers Scott Sheheen Spearman Stille Stoddard Tucker Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White Wilder Wilkes Williams Worley
So, the amendment was tabled.
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