PRINTER'S NO. 1895
No. 1616 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY EVANS, J. D. WILLIAMS AND RICHARDSON, JUNE 16,
1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 16, 1981
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, lowering the qualification age of the
3 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General and members
4 of the General Assembly to 18.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby resolves as follows:
7 Section 1. The following amendments to the Constitution of
8 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are proposed in accordance with
9 the provisions of Article XI thereof:
10 That section 5 of Article II and section 5 of Article IV be
11 amended to read:
12 ARTICLE II
13 THE LEGISLATURE
14 § 5. Qualifications of members.
15 Senators shall be at least [25] 18 years of age and
16 Representatives [21] 18 years of age. They shall have been
17 citizens and inhabitants of the State four years, and
18 inhabitants of their respective districts one year next before
1 their election (unless absent on the public business of the
2 United States or of this State), and shall reside in their
3 respective districts during their terms of service.
4 ARTICLE IV
5 THE EXECUTIVE
6 § 5. Qualifications of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and
7 Attorney General.
8 No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor,
9 Lieutenant Governor or Attorney General except a citizen of the
10 United States, who shall have attained the age of [30] 18 years,
11 and have been seven years next preceding his election an
12 inhabitant of this Commonwealth, unless he shall have been
13 absent on the public business of the United States or of this
14 Commonwealth. No person shall be eligible to the office of
15 Attorney General except a member of the bar of the Supreme Court
16 of Pennsylvania.
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