Term Limits, A statutory or constitutional restriction on the number of terms in office a state legislator may serve. Many individuals feel that state legislators should serve a short term in office and then return home to their original occupations. Term limit provisions exist in 15 states, which limit state legislators to service 6 to 12 years. In addition some state lawmakers are barred from serving in the same office beyond a set number of years. As our book states one con for not allowing legislators serve for a longer term is that “it takes several years for new legislators to become acquainted with rules, procedures, and regulations; to jettison politicians just as they begin to feel comfortable, confident and knowledgeable is to loose
