[As Amended by House Committee of the Whole]
         

         
As Amended by House Commettee
         

          Session of 1997
                   
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5020
         
By Representatives Weber, Aurand, Ballou, Farmer, Flower, Glasscock,
                Horst, Landwehr, Mason, McKechnie, Minor, Mollenkamp, Morrison,
                J. Peterson, Spangler and Vining
               
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          14             A PROPOSITION to amend section 2 of article 2 of the constitution of
15             the state of Kansas, relating to senators and representatives.
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17       Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the
18             members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House of Repre-
19             sentatives and two-thirds of the members elected (or appointed) and
20             qualified to the Senate concurring therein:
21                 Section 1. The following proposition to amend the constitution of the
22       state of Kansas shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the state
23       for their approval or rejection: Section 2 of article 2 of the constitution
24       of the state of Kansas is hereby amended to read as follows:
25             ``ยง 2. Senators and representatives. (a) The number of repre-
26             sentatives and senators shall be regulated by law, but shall not ex-
27             ceed one hundred twenty-five representatives and forty forty-one
28             senators. Representatives and senators shall be elected from single-
29             member districts prescribed by law. Representatives shall be
30             elected for two-year terms. Senators shall be elected for four-year
31             terms. The terms of representatives and senators shall commence
32             on the second Monday of January of the year following election.
33              (b) (1) At the election of representatives in 2000 the year
34             2002, representatives elected from even-numbered districts shall be
35             elected for two-year terms and representatives elected from odd-
36             numbered districts shall be elected for four-year terms. At the elec-
37             tion of representatives ] in 2002, and the year 2004, and every
38             tenth year thereafter, representatives shall be elected for four-year
39             terms. After December 31, 2000, no person shall serve for more than
40             three successive four-year terms as representative. terms not to
41             exceed four years. [After December 31, 2002, no person shall
42             be elected for more than three successive terms as represen-
43             tative; except that if a petition signed by at least 20% of the

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  1             qualified electors of a representative-district is filed in the
  2             office of the secretary of state by 12:00 noon June 10 prior
  3             to the primary election requesting that such limitation be sus-
  4             pended, such limitation shall be suspended for the purpose
  5             of the election held in that year.]
  6              (2) At the election of senators in 2000 the year 2002: (A) Sen-
  7             ators elected from district number one and each successive district,
  8             the number of which is determined by adding three to the number
  9             of the preceding district, shall be elected for two-year terms; (B)
10             senators elected from district number two and each successive dis-
11             trict, the number of which is determined by adding three to the
12             number of the preceding district, shall be elected for four-year
13             terms; and (C) senators elected from district number three and each
14             successive district, the number of which is determined by adding
15             three to the number of the preceding district, shall be elected for
16             six-year terms. At the election of senators in 2002 and the year
17             2004, and every tenth year thereafter, senators shall be elected
18             for six-year terms. After December 31, 2000, no person shall serve
19             for more than two successive six-year terms as senator.'' for terms
20             not to exceed six years[. After December 31, 2002, no person
21             shall be elected for more than two successive terms as sena-
22             tor].''
23           Sec. 2. The following statement shall be printed on the ballot with
24       the amendment as a whole:
25              ``Explanatory statement. This amendment would allow the leg-
26             islature to increase the number of state senators from 40 to 41 and
27             would increase terms of state representatives from two to four years
28             and terms of state senators from four to six years. The amendment
29             would also stagger terms of members of both houses of the legis-
30             lature and limit the number of consecutive terms for which a person
31             can serve as a representative or senator after 2000 [and limit the
32             number of consecutive terms for which a person can serve as
33             a representative or senator] after the year 2002. [The amend-
34             ment would limit the number of successive terms a person
35             can be elected as a representative or senator, unless a peti-
36             tion is filed requesting the suspension of such limitation.]
37              ``A vote for this amendment favors allowing the senate to be in-
38             creased to 41 members, extending and staggering legislators' terms
39             and limiting the number of consecutive terms for which a person
40             can serve as a representative or senator after 2000 [and limiting
41             the number of consecutive terms for which a person can serve
42             as a representative or senator; except that if a petition signed
43             by at least 20% of the qualified electors of a senatorial district

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  1             is filed in the office of the secretary of state by 12:00 noon
  2             June 10 prior to the primary election requesting that such
  3             limitation be suspended, such limitation shall be suspended
  4             for the purpose of the election held in that year] after the
  5             year 2002 [and limiting the number of successive terms for
  6             which a person can be elected as a representative or senator].
  7              ``A vote against this amendment favors retaining current consti-
  8             tutional provisions relating to the number of senators and legisla-
  9             tors' terms.''
10           Sec. 3. This resolution, if approved by two-thirds of the members
11       elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House of Representatives and
12       two-thirds of the members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the
13       Senate, shall be entered on the journals, together with the yeas and nays.
14       The secretary of state shall cause this resolution to be published as pro-
15       vided by law and shall cause the proposed amendment to be submitted
16       to the electors of the state at the general election in November 1998.
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