§18. Terms of office of Auditor General and State Treasurer; number of terms; eligibility of State Treasurer to become Auditor General.  


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  • The terms of the Auditor General and of the State Treasurer shall each be four years from the third Tuesday of January next ensuing his election. They shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the Commonwealth at general elections but shall not be eligible to serve continuously for more than two successive terms. The State Treasurer shall not be eligible to the office of Auditor General until four years after he has been State Treasurer.

(May 16, 1967, P.L.1044, J.R.4)

Notation

1967 Amendment.  Joint Resolution No.4 repealed former section 18 and added present section 18. The subject matter of present section 18 was contained in former section 21. For terms of office of State Treasurer and Auditor General first elected under present section 18, see the schedule to Joint Resolution No.4 of 1967 in the appendix to the Constitution.