STATE OFFICE AND LOCAL OPTION TERM LIMITATION AMENDMENT With regard to the ballot title, it is my opinion that the submitted title should be supplemented to give the elector a more complete understanding of the issues presented. The submitted ballot title is therefore disapproved and the following substituted:
(Ballot Title)
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS STATING THAT NO PERSON SHALL HOLD THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR FOR MORE THEN EIGHT (8) YEARS; THAT NO PERSON SHALL HOLD THE OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, SECRETARY OF STATE, TREASURER OF STATE, AUDITOR OF STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, OR COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS FOR MORE THAN TWELVE (12) YEARS; THAT NO PERSON SHALL BE A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR MORE THAN TWELVE (12) YEARS, EXCEPT THAT STATE SENATORS ELECTED IN NOVEMBER OF 1992 FOR A FOUR (4)-YEAR TERM MAY COMPLETE THAT TERM COMMENCING JANUARY, 1993; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN ELECTED TO THE ARKANSAS SENATE FOR TEN (10) YEARS SHALL NOT BE CERTIFIED AS A CANDIDATE AND SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE HIS/HER NAME ON THE BALLOT FOR ELECTION TO A FOUR (4)-YEAR TERM; AUTHORIZING COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO LIMIT THE TERM OF OFFICE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS TO TWELVE (12) YEARS BY INITIATIVE OR REFERENDUM POWERS; AND MAKING THE AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 1995.
Pursuant to A.C.A. § 7-9-108, instructions to canvassers and signers are enclosed herewith.
The foregoing opinion, which I hereby approve, was prepared by Deputy Attorney General Elisabeth A. Walker.
Sincerely,
WINSTON BRYANT Attorney General