| 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 2006: |
| 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, or |
| 26 | (2) Florida senator, |
| 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 eight consecutive years. |
| 34 | (c) No person may appear on the ballot for re-election to |
| 35 | any office of the Florida cabinet or the office of Florida |
| 36 | lieutenant governor if, by the end of the current term of |
| 37 | office, the person will have served (or, but for resignation, |
| 38 | would have served) in that office for eight 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 |
| 43 | who will have served (or, but for resignation, would have |
| 44 | served) in that office for 12 consecutive years, rather than 8 |
| 45 | consecutive years, shall take effect upon approval by the voters |
| 46 | and shall apply only to those officers whose consecutive years |
| 47 | in office begin in November 2006 or thereafter. |
| 48 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the |
| 49 | amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows: |
| 50 | TERM LIMITS |
| 51 | Proposes an amendment to Section 4 of Article VI and the |
| 52 | creation of Section 26 of Article XII of the State Constitution |
| 53 | to increase, from 8 to 12, the number of consecutive years a |
| 54 | state legislator may serve in that office before being denied |
| 55 | the right to have his or her name appear on the ballot for re- |
| 56 | election to that office; applies to those officers whose |
| 57 | consecutive years in office begin in November 2006 or |
| 58 | thereafter; removes provisions that apply term limits by means |
| 59 | of ballot access to members of Congress, which the United States |
| 60 | Supreme Court has determined violate the Federal Constitution. |