Section 7.

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Residence requirements for state legislators

Senators and representatives shall have resided in their respective districts one year next preceding their election, unless they shall have been absent on the public business of the United States, or of this state.

Summary: Revising legislative apportionment scheme

Election Date: November 7, 1967

Votes For Ratification: 1315736

Votes Against Ratification: 908010

Percent for Ratification: 59%

Percent Against Ratification: 41%

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Amendment Source: 1967 SJR 24

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Residence requirements for state legislators

Senators and representatives shall have resided in their respective counties or districts one year next preceding their election, unless they shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this state.

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1803 — Article I. Section 4

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1803 — Article I. Section 7

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No person shall be a Senator who has not arrived at the age of thirty years, and is a citizen of the United States; shall have resided two years in the county or district immediately preceding the election, unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States, or of this State; and shall, moreover, have paid a State or county tax.

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