Representatives shall be elected biennially by the
electors of the respective House of Representatives
districts; their term of office shall commence on the
first day of January next thereafter and continue two
years.
Senators shall be elected by the electors of the respective
Senate districts; their terms of office shall
commence on the first day of January next after their
election. All terms of senators which commence on
the first day of January, 1969 shall be four years, and
all terms which commence on the first day of January,
1971 shall be four years. Thereafter, except for the filling
of vacancies for unexpired terms, senators shall be
elected to and hold office for terms of four years.
No person shall hold the office of State Senator for a
period longer than two successive terms of four years.
No person shall hold the office of State Representative
for a period longer than four successive terms of
two years. Terms shall be considered successive unless
separated by a period of four or more years. Only
terms beginning on or after January 1, 1993 shall be
considered in determining an individual’s eligibility to
hold office.
In determining the eligibility of an individual to hold
office in accordance with this article, (A) time spent in
an office in fulfillment of a term to which another person
was first elected shall not be considered provided
that a period of at least four years passed between the
time, if any, in which the individual previously held
that office, and the time the individual is elected or appointed
to fulfill the unexpired term; and (B) a person
who is elected to an office in a regularly scheduled
general election and resigns prior to the completion of
the term for which he or she was elected, shall be considered
to have served the full term in that office.
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