Report Title:

Governor; Election Age

 

Description:

Proposes an amendment to the constitution to reduce the age of eligibility to become governor to 25 years.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1875

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO the governor.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to propose an amendment to article V, section 1, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to reduce the age of eligibility to become governor of the State of Hawaii to twenty-five years.

     SECTION 2.  Article V, section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:

"ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE

     Section 1.  The executive power of the State shall be vested in a governor.  The governor shall be elected by the qualified voters of this State at a general election.  The person receiving the highest number of votes shall be the governor.  In case of a tie vote, the selection of the governor shall be determined as provided by law.

     The term of office of the governor shall begin at noon on the first Monday in December next following the governor's election and end at noon on the first Monday in December, four years thereafter.

     No person shall be elected  to the office of the governor for more than two consecutive full terms.

     No person shall be eligible for the office of the governor unless the person shall be a qualified voter, have attained the age of [thirty] twenty-five years and have been a resident of this State for five years immediately preceding the person's election.

     The governor shall not hold any other office or employment of profit under the State or the United States during the governor's term of office."

     SECTION 3.  The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:

"Shall the Constitution of the State of Hawaii be amended to reduce the age at which a person is eligible to be elected governor of the State of Hawaii from thirty years to twenty-five years?"

     SECTION 4.  Constitutional material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New constitutional material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.

 

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