Senate Bill sb1756

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1756

    By Senator Sebesta





    16-1058-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to succession to the office of

  3         Governor; amending s. 14.055, F.S.; deleting

  4         the Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer,

  5         and Commissioner of Education from the order of

  6         succession to the office of Governor; providing

  7         that the Chief Financial Officer shall become

  8         Governor upon vacancies in the offices of

  9         Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney

10         General; providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Section 14.055, Florida Statutes, is

15  amended to read:

16         14.055  Succession to office of Governor.--Upon vacancy

17  in the office of Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall

18  become Governor. Upon vacancy in the office of Lieutenant

19  Governor, the Governor shall appoint a successor who shall

20  serve for the remainder of the term, provided that if after

21  the such appointment a vacancy occurs shall occur in the

22  office of Governor with more than 28 months remaining in the

23  term, then at the next statewide general election the electors

24  shall choose a Governor and Lieutenant Governor to fill the

25  remainder of the term in the manner provided in s. 5, Art. IV

26  of the State Constitution. Upon vacancy in the office of

27  Governor and in the office of Lieutenant Governor, the

28  Secretary of State shall become Governor; or if the office of

29  Secretary of State be vacant, then the Attorney General shall

30  become Governor; or if the office of Attorney General is be

31  vacant, then the Comptroller shall become Governor; or if the

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1756
    16-1058-06




 1  office of Comptroller be vacant, then the Chief Financial

 2  Officer Treasurer shall become Governor; or if the office of

 3  Chief Financial Officer is Treasurer be vacant, then the

 4  Commissioner of Education shall become Governor; or if the

 5  office of Commissioner of Education be vacant, then the

 6  Commissioner of Agriculture shall become Governor. Except as

 7  otherwise provided in this section with respect to an

 8  appointed successor to the office of Lieutenant Governor, a

 9  successor under this section shall serve for the remainder of

10  the term and shall receive all the rights, privileges, and

11  emoluments of the Governor. In case a vacancy occurs shall

12  occur in the office of Governor and provision is not made in

13  this section herein for filling the such vacancy, then the

14  Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of

15  the Senate shall convene the Legislature by joint proclamation

16  within 15 days for the purpose of choosing a person to serve

17  as Governor for the remainder of the term. A successor shall

18  be elected by a majority vote in a joint session of both

19  houses.

20         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

21  law.

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24                          SENATE SUMMARY

25    Deletes the Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer,
      and Commissioner of Education from the order of
26    succession to the office of Governor. Provides that the
      Chief Financial Officer shall become Governor upon
27    vacancies in the offices of Governor, Lieutenant
      Governor, and Attorney General.
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