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JEFFERSON CITY (AP) -- The 2010 legislative session will mark the beginning of the end for about one-third of Missouri's lawmakers.

Term-limits will prohibit 52 of Missouri's 163 House members and 10 of its 34 senators from seeking re-election in November 2010.

Several more will voluntary forgo a shot at serving another term. Some will instead pursue different public offices.

The upcoming election will mark the second largest legislative turnover since Missouri voters passed term limits in 1992. That law limits politicians to about eight years each in the House and Senate.

Gov. Jay Nixon says he hopes lawmakers will want to leave a mark on history, not merely mark time, during their final session.

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