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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: We now come to Committee ;
Recommendation No. EB-I.
Section 4.01 is the section which states the
Executive Power of the State shall be vested in the Governor,
and that he shall faithfully execute the laws.
This section establishes two qualifications neces-
sary for election as governor. The first is that a person
shall be 30 years of age at the time of his election. It
! is substanJbially the same as the requirement found in Arti-S
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cle 11, Section 5 of the present Constitution and substan-
tially equivalent to provisions found in 35 other State
constitutions.
The Committee feels that the 30 year
age minimum will serve as a reasonable "rule of thumb"
as to when the typical individual attains sufficient
maturity to serve as governor.
The second qualification for election as governor
is that an individual shall have been a qualified voter in
the State for at least five years immediately preceding
his election. This requirement differs from Article 11,