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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY SACCONE, EVANKOVICH, AUMENT, CUTLER, DUNBAR, EVERETT, ROCK, SIMMONS, TRUITT, VULAKOVICH AND MOUL, FEBRUARY 13, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 13, 2012 |
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| A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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1 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth |
2 | of Pennsylvania, further providing for terms of members. |
3 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4 | hereby resolves as follows: |
5 | Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of |
6 | Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: |
7 | That section 3 of Article II be amended to read: |
8 | § 3. Terms of members. |
9 | Senators shall be elected for the term of four years and |
10 | Representatives for the term of two years. No member of the |
11 | General Assembly shall serve more than 12 years in the General |
12 | Assembly. |
13 | Section 2. The provisions of this resolution apply only to |
14 | terms served by members of the General Assembly after the first |
15 | election cycle following the ratification of this constitutional |
16 | amendment and thereafter. |
17 | Section 3. (a) Upon the first passage by the General |
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1 | Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the |
2 | Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to |
3 | comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article |
4 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the |
5 | required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in |
6 | which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after |
7 | passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. |
8 | (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this |
9 | proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the |
10 | Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the |
11 | advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the |
12 | Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required |
13 | advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such |
14 | newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of |
15 | this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the |
16 | Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment |
17 | to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first |
18 | primary, general or municipal election which meets the |
19 | requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article |
20 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least |
21 | three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is |
22 | passed by the General Assembly. |
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