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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

  5         officers.

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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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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HJR 437

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  1  officer relinquishes office upon failing to maintain

  2  registration as a member of the same political party in which

  3  the officer was registered when the officer qualified for and

  4  was elected to that office, unless that office is an office

  5  that must be filled by nonpartisan election.

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