Legislative Term Limits. Local Voter Petitions.

Legislative Term Limits. Local Voter Petitions. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. • Allows registered voters in legislative districts to submit petition signatures to permit their incumbent legislator to run for re-election and to serve for a maximum of four years beyond the presently allowed two four-year terms for State Senators and three two-year terms for members of the Assembly, if a majority of voters approves. • Option can be exercised only once per legislator. • Legislator can run under option only in district where legislator currently serves. • Petitions must be filed before the end of legislator’s final term. • Provides for signature verification. Summary of Legislative Analyst’s Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: • Counties would incur unknown costs to verify petition signatures, potentially up to several hundreds of thousands of dollars every other year on a statewide basis. • The state would incur little or no costs to track the eligibility of re-election candidates