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Florida Senate - 2005 SJR 1362
By Senator Clary
4-1155-05
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 2006 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; provides that the amendment applies to those officers
2 whose consecutive years in office begin in November 2006 or
3 thereafter; and removes provisions that apply term limits by
4 means of ballot access to members of Congress, which the
5 United States Supreme Court has determined violate the Federal
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