Definitions for "Term Limits"
The Term Limits Initiative, Proposition 140, was passed by the voters in 1990. It limits Assembly Members to three two-yars terms and Senators and statewide Constitutional officers to two four-year terms.
restrictions on how long a public official may serve.
A limit on the number of terms that a leader can be elected to serve. A term is the length of time that a government leader serves before he or she must be elected once again.