RSB/4/20
Sponsored by Cooper Wallace, Alex Hyde of McCallie School
This legislation was filed in the Human Services category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this act, unless the context requires otherwise, shall be defined as follows: |
| 4 | A) Term: A period in which someone serves in a governmental office. |
| 5 | B) Senate term: The term of a Tennessee Senator which lasts 4 years. |
| 6 | C) House term: The term of a Tennessee House member which lasts 2 years. |
| 7 | D) Vacancy: An absence in Congress due to a failure to elect at the time prescribed by law, or by |
| 8 | the death, resignation, or incapacity of a person elected. |
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| 10 | Section 2: Any person who has served 2 terms as a member of the Tennessee Senate shall not be |
| 11 | eligible for re-election or appointment to the Senate after their last term. If a person were to fill a |
| 12 | vacancy in the Senate, their time in office when filling that vacancy would be counted as 1 term if |
| 13 | it were over 2 years long. |
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| 15 | Section 3: Any person who has served 4 terms as a member of the Tennessee House of |
| 16 | Representatives shall not be eligible for re-election to the House of Representatives. If a person |
| 17 | were to fill a vacancy in the House of Representatives, their time in office when filling that vacancy |
| 18 | would be counted as 1 term if it were over 1 year long. |
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| 20 | Section 4: Any person over the age of 70 is ineligible for election to the House of Representatives |
| 21 | or the Senate. If a congressman surpasses 70 years of age while in office, they will continue their |
| 22 | term but shall be ineligible for re-election after their term has expired. |
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| 24 | Section 5: No term beginning before the date of the ratification of this bill shall be taken into |
| 25 | account in determining eligibility for election or appointment under this bill. |
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| 27 | Section 6: This bill will cost $0 to the state of Tennessee. |
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| 29 | Section 7: All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. |
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| 31 | Section 8: This bill will go into effect on May 9th, 2024. |
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