HJR 0003 Summary

• Proposes an amendment to Article 6 of the Indiana Constitution to remove term limits for county clerk, auditor, recorder, and treasurer positions.

• Removes the eight-year-in-twelve-years term limit restriction for these four county offices while maintaining the restriction for Sheriff and Coroner.

• Maintains the four-year term length for all county officials listed in the constitutional provision.

• Requires approval by two consecutive general assemblies and ratification by a majority of Indiana voters to become effective.

• Referred to the Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures on January 5, 2010.