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HOUSE BILL NO. 650

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H0650......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
TERM LIMITS - Amends existing law to provide that the state's term limits
law shall not apply to county elected officials.

02/10    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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H0650


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 650

                                BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO LIMITATION OF BALLOT ACCESS FOR  MULTI-TERM  INCUMBENTS;  AMENDING
 3        SECTION  34-907,  IDAHO  CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE'S TERM LIMITS LAW
 4        SHALL NOT APPLY TO COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TO MAKE A  TECHNICAL  COR-
 5        RECTION.

 6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 7        SECTION  1.  That  Section  34-907, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 8    amended to read as follows:

 9        34-907.  LIMITATION OF BALLOT ACCESS FOR MULTI-TERM INCUMBENTS. (1) A per-
10    son shall not be eligible to have his or her name placed upon the  primary  or
11    general  election ballot for a county, state or federal office which they have
12    previously held if they have served, will serve or but for  resignation  would
13    have  served, in that same office by the end of the current term of office for
14    a length of time as follows:
15        a.  As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing any dis-
16        trict within the state, during six (6) or more of the previous eleven (11)
17        years.
18        b.  As a member of the U.S. Senate, during twelve (12) or more of the pre-
19        vious twenty - three (23) years.
20        c.  As a state elected official, during eight (8) or more of the  previous
21        fifteen (15) years.
22        d.  As  a  state  legislator,  representing any district within the state,
23        including all House seats within the same district, during  eight  (8)  or
24        more of the previous fifteen (15) years.
25          e.  As  a county commissioner, representing any district within the
26        county, during six (6) or more of the previous eleven (11) years.
27        f.  As any other county elected official, during eight (8) or more of  the
28        previous (15) years. 
29        (2)  Nothing  in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any quali-
30    fied voter of the state from casting a ballot in a general  election  for  any
31    person  by  writing  the  name of that person on any ballot, or as prohibiting
32    such a properly marked general election ballot from  being  counted  or  tabu-
33    lated,  nor  shall any provision of this section be construed as preventing or
34    prohibiting any person from standing or campaigning for any elective office by
35    means of a "write-in" campaign in a general election.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

    





    
    
                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                          RS07627C1
    
    To exempt County elected officials from term limits.
    
    FISCAL NOTE
    
    No fiscal impact.
    
    CONTACT: Representative JoAn Wood
             332-1000
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
    
    H 650