CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.House Bill 0437
Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HJR 437
By Representative Miller
1 House Joint Resolution
2 A joint resolution proposing the creation of
3 Section 10 of Article II of the State
4 Constitution, relating to elected public
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7 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9 That the creation of Section 10 of Article II of the
10 State Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be
11 submitted to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection
12 at the general election to be held in November 1998:
13 ARTICLE II
14 GENERAL PROVISIONS
15 SECTION 10. Elected public officers; relinquishment of
16 office upon failure to maintain same political party
17 registration.--An elected public officer relinquishes office
18 upon the officer's failure to maintain registration as a
19 member of the same political party in which the officer was
20 registered when qualified for and elected to that office,
21 unless the office to which the officer was elected is an
22 office that must be filled by nonpartisan election.
23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the
24 requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the title
25 and substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on
26 the ballot as follows:
27 ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICERS; RELINQUISHMENT
28 OF OFFICE UPON FAILURE TO MAINTAIN
29 SAME POLITICAL PARTY REGISTRATION
30 Proposing the creation of Section 10 of Article II of
31 the State Constitution to provide that an elected public
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4 was elected to that office, unless that office is an office
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