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__ ...;__,3, 22. g .4 0a : SG. .\4 ». LEAGUE OF MN CITIES CS Li1993 November r House Research Department 8 Term Limits for Elective Office Depending on the office, term limits could become law . .. in Minnesota by.constitutional amendment or statute. . . . .. . The method for adopting term limits in Minnesota depends on which elective offices are �_.--- -- being covered. ••For constitutionally created offic es4 testa limits would require passage of a , ,,, ;= constitutional. amendment.-Fut eleerive offices in local government , the legislature may.: . set tecta limits in statute. For federal elective officesthere is a strong argument that a state . N . cannot impose term limits..: The issue remains open pig litigation in other states that have -, _ - adopted team limits forniernbers of Congress. • A constitutional amendment is required to adopt term limits for constitutional offices because the state constitution sets the standards of eligibility to hold office and the particular qualifications for individual constitutional offices. Article VII, section 6, of the Minnesota • --Constitution allows every_eligible muter,.21.or_more years old, moding in the ons to the elieleviant distdct.. . „„:, for 30 days prior to the ele on;'to seek os�ce. �SI be'"outy e�cxpd ;J ,;�,. on *the constitution and law of the _ _ language are those "otherwise opt�this�ia.this.c��a sta�ta constitutional time United States." By the terms -fig an or�cx created by the Constitution ndment could change the eligibility requirements tit be subject to statuterrJ term.limits. The A�tnnesora',,~ :„z�'*•-' ]:.octal gvve?7imani offices, in canirast, can oa of Local :" express authorizes the legislat re to provide by law for the creati 41,4 f ggc t units and the qualifications for local elective offices.* • .• ' 4. �rovertor. Liauteasat Governor. Secretary of State, Attorney General. Treasurer. Reprerentaave, Senator. Iudze. "Scheibe! v. Patvialc. 282 N.W..,d 843 (Minn. 1979). 'NLiitri uta Constitution. ariele C see='on 3.