Senate Bill 1890

    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SM 1890

    By Senator Crist





    20-1650-98

  1                     Senate Memorial No.     

  2         A memorial to the Congress of the United

  3         States, urging Congress to adopt and submit to

  4         the states for ratification an amendment to the

  5         Constitution of the United States to provide

  6         term limits for United States Senators and

  7         Representatives.

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  9         WHEREAS, the citizens of Florida have, by an

10  overwhelming majority, expressed their desire that elected

11  officials be subject to limits on their terms of office, and

12         WHEREAS, qualifications for election to the Congress of

13  the United States are prescribed in the United States

14  Constitution, and

15         WHEREAS, in order to carry out the intent of the people

16  of Florida, an amendment to the United States Constitution is

17  required, NOW, THEREFORE,

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19  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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21         That the Congress of the United States is requested to

22  adopt and submit to the states for ratification an amendment

23  to the Constitution of the United States which contains the

24  following provisions:

25         1.  That a person may not serve in the office of United

26  States Representative for more than three terms, except that,

27  with respect to any person who is serving as United States

28  Representative on the date that a constitutional amendment

29  providing Congressional term limits is ratified or who has

30  served as a United States Representative before that date,

31  such person may not serve more than two additional terms.

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  1         2.  That a person may not serve in the office of United

  2  States Senator for more than two terms, except that, with

  3  respect to any person who is serving as a United States

  4  Senator on the date that a constitutional amendment providing

  5  Congressional term limits is ratified or who has served as a

  6  United States Senator before that date, such person may not

  7  serve more than one additional term.

  8         3.  That the Congressional term limit amendment

  9  submitted to the states for ratification have no time limit

10  within which it must be ratified.

11         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be

12  dispatched to the President of the United States Senate, to

13  the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and

14  to each member of the Florida delegation to the United States

15  Congress.

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