MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Constitution

By: Senator(s) Cuevas

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 116 AND SECTION 128, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO REMOVE THE TERM LIMITATIONS ON THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That the following amendments to the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 are proposed to the qualified electors of the state:

Amend Section 116, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, to read as follows:

Section 116. The chief executive power of this state shall be vested in a Governor, who shall hold his office for four (4) years. Any person elected to the office of Governor shall be eligible to succeed himself in office * * *.

Amend Section 128, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, to read as follows:

Section 128. There shall be a Lieutenant Governor who shall be elected at the same time, in the same manner, and for the same term, and who shall possess the same qualifications as required of the Governor. Any person elected to the office of Lieutenant Governor shall be eligible to succeed himself in office * * *.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That these proposed amendments shall be submitted by the Secretary of State to the qualified electors at an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2000, as provided by Section 273 of the Constitution and by general law, with the amendments in this resolution being voted on as one (1) amendment since the proposed amendments pertain to one (1) subject.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the explanation of this proposed amendment for the ballot shall read as follows: "This proposed constitutional amendment removes the term limits on the office of Governor and Lieutenant Governor."