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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL STATE OFFICERS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Bell, Lawson, Mack, Tikoian, Gallo, Ruggerio, Ujifusa, | |
Date Introduced: February 13, 2025 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 17-2-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-2 entitled "General State |
2 | Officers" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 17-2-1. General officers enumerated — Election and terms. |
4 | The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and general |
5 | treasurer shall be known as general officers. They shall be elected at a general election, |
6 | quadrennially, in accordance with the provisions of this title, and shall hold their respective offices |
7 | for four (4) years beginning on the first Tuesday of January next succeeding their election and until |
8 | the election and qualification of their respective successors. No person shall be elected to the same |
9 | general office more than twice, and no person who has held a general office for more than two (2) |
10 | years of a term to which some other person was elected shall be elected to the same general office |
11 | more than once. No person who is ineligible to be elected governor shall be elected lieutenant |
12 | governor. |
13 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL STATE OFFICERS | |
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1 | This act would provide that for the general officers of the state, no person could be elected |
2 | to the same general office more than twice, and no person who has held a general office for more |
3 | than two (2) years of a term to which some other person was elected could be elected to the same |
4 | general office more than once. This act would further provide that a person who was ineligible to |
5 | be elected governor could not be elected lieutenant governor. |
6 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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