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House Joint Resolution 28 History
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 28
(By Delegates Swartzmiller, M. Poling)
[Introduced January 21, 2011; referred to the
Committee on Constitutional Revision then the
Judiciary.]
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West
Virginia, repealing section three, article IX thereof,
relating to sheriffs; numbering and designating such proposed
amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose
of such proposed amendment.
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of
the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:
That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment
to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to
the voters of the state at the next general election to be held in
the year 2012, which proposed amendment is that section three,
article IX be repealed.
Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of
article eleven, chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, 1931,
as amended, such proposed amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment
No. 1" and designated the "Repeal of Sheriffs Amendment" and the purpose of the proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "To
repeal section three, article IX of the State Constitution which
prohibits a person from serving more than two consecutive terms as
sheriff."
NOTE: The purpose of this resolution is to repeal section
three, article IX of the State Constitution relating to sheriffs
serving more than two consecutive terms. Once ratified, this
section of the Constitution would not prevent the person currently
holding office from seeking consecutive terms.
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