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Article 4 Part 2 Section 21 - Term limits of members of state legislature
21. Term limits of members of state legislature
Section 21. The members of the first legislature shall hold
office until the first Monday in January, 1913. The terms of office of the
members of succeeding legislatures shall be two years. No state senator shall
serve more than four consecutive terms in that office, nor shall any state
representative serve more than four consecutive terms in that office. This
limitation on the number of terms of consecutive service shall apply to terms
of office beginning on or after January 1, 1993. No legislator, after serving
the maximum number of terms, which shall include any part of a term served,
may serve in the same office until he has been out of office for no less than
one full term.
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