Statute Text
A person is ineligible to have that person's name placed on the ballot at any election for the office of United States senator or representative in Congress if, by the start of the term for which the election is being held, that person will have served as a United States senator or a representative in Congress, or in any combination of those offices, for at least twelve years. However, if that person is still otherwise eligible to hold the office, the disqualification imposed by this section ceases after two years have elapsed since the disqualification last affected that person's eligibility for placement on the ballot.
Editor's Note
As provided by S.L. 1993, ch. 652, § 5, if Section 16 .1-01-13 is held unconstitutional, this section becomes effective at the first primary election more than 90 days after the case holding Section 16.1-01-13 unconstitutional becomes final in the court of last resort or, if not appealed to a court of last resort, more than 90 days after the expiration of the time for appealing to such a court. It then governs the future eligibility for placement on the ballot of all candidates for United States senator and representative in Congress