HJR 3: LIMITING TERMS OF LEGISLATORS CHAIRMAN VEZEY read the title of HJR 3, and invited the sponsor, Representative Terry Martin, to testify. Number 363 REPRESENTATIVE TERRY MARTIN, PRIME SPONSOR of HJR 3, spoke on the intent of term limitation. He asked the committee to pass HJR 3 and suggested it would allow term limits to be tested for a few years. Number 411 CHAIRMAN VEZEY requested information from Representative Martin regarding the twelve year total of two terms in each body: Four years in the House and eight years in the Senate. Number 417 REPRESENTATIVE MARTIN stated the decision to limit the length of terms resulted from a discussion at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), and also from talks with the public. Number 433 CHAIRMAN VEZEY referenced a report in members' packets regarding term limits by NCSL. Discussion among committee members ensued with regard to a lifetime ban from the legislature after serving. HB 17: LIMITING TERMS OF LEGISLATURE CHAIRMAN VEZEY referenced HB 17 with regard to term limit and asked if there were any comments. Hearing none, HJR 3 and HB 17 were held in committee for further consideration. Number 583 REPRESENTATIVE KOTT explained another difference in HJR 4 compared to HJR 3, that being a legislator could go from the House to the Senate back to the House and then to the Senate indefinitely. Number 591 REPRESENTATIVE NORDLUND stated the legislator would still have to challenge the incumbent. HJR 6: CONST. AM: LIMIT LEGISLATIVE TERMS Number 600 REPRESENTATIVE VEZEY thanked Representative Nordlund for his testimony, and held HJR 3 for further consideration. On that same topic, HJR 6 sponsored by Representative Curt Menard, was reviewed next. Number 607 REPRESENTATIVE CURT MENARD, PRIME SPONSOR of HJR 6, discussed the support for term limits. He noted HJR 6 allowed four terms in the House and two in the Senate. Number 619 CHAIRMAN VEZEY asked Representative Menard where the wording came from or the reason for two terms in the House and one term in the Senate along with a lifetime limit. Number 626 REPRESENTATIVE MENARD stated a two or four year separation was not as important as the idea itself. A lifetime ban was not a requirement either, he added. Number 633 CHAIRMAN VEZEY discussed the break in power for the incumbent. Number 639 REPRESENTATIVE KOTT asked the difference between HJR 6 and HJR 3. Number 644 REPRESENTATIVE MENARD was unfamiliar with HJR 3. Number 645 REPRESENTATIVE KOTT stated he believed HJR 6 and HJR 3 were basically the same except for the 12 year break. Number 651 CHAIRMAN VEZEY, as a point of information to the committee, stated that SJR 3 had passed the Senate State Affairs Committee.