Torey Van Oot | Sacramento Bee | Apr. 22, 2010
Proponents of a proposed initiative to alter legislative term limits delivered more than 1 million signatures to county elections officials today.
Today was the deadline for the campaign, "Californians For a Fresh Start," to turn in the nearly 700,000 valid voter signatures needed to qualify the measure for the November ballot.
The initiative would create a 12-year cap on legislative terms, allowing lawmakers to serve 12 years consecutively in one house or split time between the Assembly and the Senate. Currently, lawmakers can serve up to 14 years -- three two-year terms in the Assembly and two four-year terms in the Senate.