HJR 0659 2004
1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 4 of
3	Article VI and the creation of Section 26 of Article XII
4	of the State Constitution, relating to limitations on the
5	number of consecutive years during which certain elected
6	constitutional officers may hold office before being
7	denied the right to have their names appear on the ballot.
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9	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	That the amendment to Section 4 of Article VI and the
12	creation of Section 26 of Article XII of the State Constitution
13	set forth below are agreed to and shall be submitted to the
14	electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the general
15	election to be held in November 2004:
16	ARTICLE VI
17	SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
18	SECTION 4. Disqualifications.--
19	(a) No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in
20	this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be
21	qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil
22	rights or removal of disability.
23	(b) No person may appear on the ballot for re-election to
24	any of the following offices:
25	(1) Florida representative,
26	(2) Florida senator, or
27	(3) Florida Lieutenant governor,
28	(4) any office of the Florida cabinet,
29	(5) U.S. Representative from Florida, or
30	(6) U.S. Senator from Florida
31	if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will
32	have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in that
33	office for twelve eightconsecutive years.
34	(c) No person may appear on the ballot for re-election to
35	the office of Florida lieutenant governor if, by the end of the
36	current term of office, the person will have served (or, but for
37	resignation, would have served) in that office for eight
38	consecutive years.
39	ARTICLE XII
40	SCHEDULE
41	SECTION 26.--The amendment to Section 4 of Article VI
42	denying ballot access for re-election to any state legislator or
43	cabinet officer who will have served (or, but for resignation,
44	would have served) in that office for 12 consecutive years,
45	rather than 8 consecutive years, shall take effect upon approval
46	by the voters and shall apply only to those officers whose
47	consecutive years in office begin in November 2004 or
48	thereafter.
49	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the
50	amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows:
51	TERM LIMITS
52	Proposes an amendment to Section 4 of Article VI and the
53	creation of Section 26 of Article XII of the State Constitution
54	to increase, from 8 to 12, the number of consecutive years a
55	state legislator or any Cabinet officer may serve in that office
56	before being denied the right to have his or her name appear on
57	the ballot for re-election to that office; applies to those
58	officers whose consecutive years in office begin in November
59	2004 or thereafter; removes provisions that apply term limits by
60	means of ballot access to members of Congress, which the United
61	States Supreme Court has determined violate the Federal
62	Constitution.