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House Bill 0437c2




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997          CS/CS/HJR 437

        By the Committees on Governmental Operations, 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  However, an officer may change his or her party affiliation

22  without creating a vacancy if the officer qualifies for

23  reelection to the same office or election to a different

24  office within 60 days after changing party affiliation. A

25  vacancy will not occur if the office to which the officer was

26  elected is an office that must be filled by nonpartisan

27  election.

28         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

29  requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the title

30  and substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on

31  the ballot as follows:

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997          CS/CS/HJR 437

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  1             ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICERS; RELINQUISHMENT

  2                OF OFFICE UPON FAILURE TO MAINTAIN

  3                SAME POLITICAL PARTY REGISTRATION

  4         Providing that an elected public officer relinquishes

  5  office upon failing to maintain registration in the same

  6  political party in which the officer was registered when the

  7  officer qualified for and was elected to that office, unless

  8  the office is nonpartisan, except that the officer may change

  9  party affiliation without creating a vacancy if the officer

10  qualifies for reelection to the same office or election to a

11  different office within 60 days after changing party

12  affiliation.

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