SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3
(By Senators Wagner, Bailey, Sharpe,
Chafin, Yoder, Dalton, Humphreys, Withers,
Schoonover, Helmick and Ross)
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[Introduced February 2, 1994; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West
Virginia, repealing section three, article nine thereof,
relating to removing the term limit for 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
in the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, which proposed
amendment is that section three, article nine be repealed.
Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of
article eleven, chapter three of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, such proposedamendment is hereby numbered "Amendment No. 1" and designated as
the "Removing Sheriff's Term Limit Amendment" and the purpose of
the proposed amendment is as follows: "To repeal section three,
article nine of the State Constitution which provided that a
person who has been elected or who has served as sheriff during
all or any part of two consecutive terms shall be ineligible for
the office of sheriff during any part of the term immediately
following the second of the two consecutive terms."
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(NOTE: The purpose of this resolution is to place on the
ballot in the next general election a constitutional amendment
repealing the constitutional requirement that sheriffs cannot run
for reelection immediately subsequent to holding office for two
consecutive terms.)