LANSING, MI - The Michigan Chamber of Commerce may seek to revise term limits by amending the state constitution, according to a statement released by its President and CEO Rich Studley on Wednesday.

"The Michigan Chamber's Board of Directors today voted to direct Chamber staff to reach out to other individuals and groups to determine if there is sufficient organizational and financial support to move forward next year with a possible amendment to the State Constitution regarding term limits and government accountability," Studley said in the statement.

"This government reform effort could focus on revising term limits and other changes to improve the effectiveness, accountability and transparency of the state legislature. The specifics of this government accountability proposal remain to be determined. Chamber staff will report back to the Board of Directors in January 2018."

Michigan voters ushered in term limits in a 1992 amendment to the state constitution. They limit lawmakers to being elected to the Senate two times and the House three times, with some exceptions around special elections. But for the most part, they effectively limit service to eight years in the Senate and six in the House.

In the years since their implementation, term limits have come under fire from, among others, term-limited lawmakers.

Gov. Rick Snyder, too, has said there is room for improvement in Michigan's term limits.

The issue has come up again as voters mull Lt. Gov. Brian Calley's ballot proposal for a part-time legislature. When the ballot proposal launched, Progress Michigan said the combination of a part-time legislature and the existing term limits could lead to increased lobbyist influence in Lansing.

The Chamber did not immediately return a request for more detail on what type of changes it sought.

Michigan's constitution can be amended by either getting a two-thirds vote from the House and Senate and putting it before voters, or getting enough signatures on a petition to get it on the ballot.