Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HJR 1177, 1st Eng.
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11  Senator Siplin moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
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15            page 2, line 16, delete those lines
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18         (a)  No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in
19  this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be
20  qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil
21  rights or removal of disability.
22         (b)  No person may appear on the ballot for re-election
23  to any of the following offices:
24         (1)  Florida representative,
25         (2)  Florida senator,
26         (3)  Florida Lieutenant governor,
27         (4)  any office of the Florida cabinet,
28         (5)  U.S. Representative from Florida, or
29         (6)  U.S. Senator from Florida
30         if, by the end of the current term of office, the
31  person will have served (or, but for resignation, would have
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    Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HJR 1177, 1st Eng.
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 1  served) in that office for eight consecutive years.
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 4         Section 1.  SECTION 26.--The amendment to Section 4 of
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 6  legislator who will have served (or, but for resignation,
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