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House Bill 0437c1




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997             CS/HJR 437

        By the Committee on Election Reform and 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  except that an officer may change his or her party affiliation

22  without creating a vacancy if the officer is changing party

23  affiliation within 60 days of qualifying for election to the

24  same or a different office.  A vacancy will not occur if the

25  office to which the officer was elected is an office that must

26  be filled by nonpartisan election.

27         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

28  requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the title

29  and substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on

30  the ballot as follows:

31             ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICERS; RELINQUISHMENT

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997             CS/HJR 437

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  1                OF OFFICE UPON FAILURE TO MAINTAIN

  2                SAME POLITICAL PARTY REGISTRATION

  3         Providing that an elected public officer relinquishes

  4  office upon failing to maintain registration as a member of

  5  the same political party in which the officer was registered

  6  when the officer qualified for and was elected to that office,

  7  unless the office is a nonpartisan office, except that the

  8  officer may, without creating a vacancy, change party

  9  affiliation within 60 days of qualifying for election to the

10  same or a different office.

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