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Florida Senate - 2005 CS for SJR's 1210 & 1362
By the Committee on Ethics and Elections; and Senators Sebesta
and Clary
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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 qualifications of
6 candidates for public office, to increase the
7 time a person may serve as state senator or
8 state representative before being disqualified
9 from a consecutive candidacy.
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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 creation of Section 26 of Article XII of the State
15 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 that 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 relection
27 re-election to any of the following offices:
28 (1) Florida representative,
29 (2) Florida senator,
30 (1)(3) Florida Lieutenant governor, or
31 (2)(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 eight consecutive years.
7 (c) No person may appear on the ballot for reelection
8 to either of the following offices:
9 (1) Florida representative, or
10 (2) Florida senator
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12 if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will
13 have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in
14 that office for twelve consecutive years.
15 ARTICLE XII
16 SCHEDULE
17 SECTION 26. Term limits.--The amendment to Section 4
18 of Article VI denying ballot access for reelection to any
19 state legislator who will have served, or who but for
20 resignation would have served, in that office for twelve
21 consecutive years, rather than eight consecutive years, shall
22 take effect upon approval by the voters and shall apply only
23 to those officers whose consecutive years in office begin in
24 November 2006 or thereafter.
25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
26 placed on the ballot:
27 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
28 ARTICLE VI, SECTION 4
29 ARTICLE XII, SECTION 26
30 TERM LIMITS; INCREASED ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE
31 LEGISLATIVE OFFICE.--Proposing an amendment to the State
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1 Constitution to increase from 8 consecutive years to 12
2 consecutive years the time a person may serve in the office of
3 state senator or state representative before becoming
4 disqualified to appear on the ballot for reelection, with such
5 increase applicable to persons whose consecutive years of
6 office begin in November 2006 or thereafter. The amendment
7 also deletes provisions relating to term limits for members of
8 Congress and U.S. Senators, which provisions have been
9 determined by the U.S. Supreme Court to violate the U.S.
10 Constitution.
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12 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
13 Senate Joint Resolutions 1210 and 1362
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15 The Committee Substitute proposes a joint resolution that
differs from the original bill in that it: combines SJRs 1210
16 and 1362, but maintains the substantive language of SJR 1210.
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