Senate Bill sb1960

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                 SJR 1960

    By Senator Smith





    14-1572-04                                         See HJR 659

  1                 Senate Joint Resolution No. ____

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 4 of Article VI and the creation of

  4         Section 26 of Article XII of the State

  5         Constitution, relating to limitations on the

  6         number of consecutive years during which

  7         certain elected constitutional officers may

  8         hold office before being denied the right to

  9         have their names appear on the ballot.

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

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13         That the following amendment to Section 4 of Article VI

14  and the following creation of Section 26 of Article XII of the

15  State Constitution are agreed to and shall be submitted to the

16  electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next

17  general election or at an earlier special election

18  specifically authorized by law for the purpose:

19                            ARTICLE VI

20                      SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

21         SECTION 4.  Disqualifications.--

22         (a)  No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in

23  this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be

24  qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil

25  rights or removal of disability.

26         (b)  No person may appear on the ballot for re-election

27  to any of the following offices:

28         (1)  Florida representative,

29         (2)  Florida senator, or

30         (3)  Florida Lieutenant governor,

31         (4)  any office of the Florida cabinet,

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 1         (5)  U.S. Representative from Florida, or

 2         (6)  U.S. Senator from Florida

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 4  if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will

 5  have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in

 6  that office for twelve eight consecutive years.

 7         (c)  No person may appear on the ballot for re-election

 8  to the office of Florida lieutenant governor if, by the end of

 9  the current term of office, the person will have served (or,

10  but for resignation, would have served) in that office for

11  eight consecutive years.

12                           ARTICLE XII

13                             SCHEDULE

14         SECTION 26.--The amendment to Section 4 of Article VI

15  denying ballot access for re-election to any state legislator

16  or cabinet officer who will have served (or, but for

17  resignation, would have served) in that office for 12

18  consecutive years, rather than 8 consecutive years, shall take

19  effect upon approval by the voters and shall apply only to

20  those officers whose consecutive years in office begin in

21  November 2004 or thereafter.

22         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

23  placed on the ballot:

24                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

25                      ARTICLE VI, SECTION 4

26                     ARTICLE XII, SECTION 26

27         TERM LIMITS.--Proposing an amendment to the State

28  Constitution to increase, from 8 to 12, the number of

29  consecutive years a state legislator or any Cabinet officer

30  may serve in that office before being denied the right to have

31  his or her name appear on the ballot for re-election to that

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 1  office; applies to those officers whose consecutive years in

 2  office begin in November 2004 or thereafter; removes

 3  provisions that apply term limits by means of ballot access to

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