Omitted. (Appointments; effective date of term; ineligibility.)

Adopted in 1992 as Section 21. Adopted in 1994 as Section 22. Omitted because of the decisions of the Nebraska Supreme Court in Duggan v. Beermann, 245 Neb. 907, 515 N.W.2d 788 (1994) and Duggan v. Beermann, 249 Neb. 411, 544 N.W.2d 68 (1996). The omitted language read, "The following provisions of this section shall apply to the state offices of Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer, Attorney General, members of the State Legislature, elected members of the Public Service Commission, elected members of the State Board of Education, elected members of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska: (a) No person shall be appointed to serve in an office previously held by election. (b) A portion of a term held and being served by appointment shall not come under the restrictive covenants set forth herein. (c) The term held and being served as the result of an election prior to the effective date of this amendment shall not be included in the number of consecutive terms referred to in stipulating ineligibility to file for election or to serve for any of the offices named in this initiative petition."