Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SJR 1550
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  03/24/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Bennett) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
    2  
    3         Delete lines 10 - 14
    4  and insert:
    5         That the following amendments to Section 4 of Article VI
    6  and Section 6 of Article VII, and the creation of Section 31 of
    7  Article XII of the State Constitution are agreed to and shall be
    8  submitted to the electors of this state for approval or
    9  rejection at the next general election or at an earlier special
   10  election specifically authorized by law for that purpose:
   11                             ARTICLE IV                            
   12                       SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS                      
   13         SECTION 4. Disqualifications.—
   14         (a) No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in this
   15  or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be
   16  qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil
   17  rights or removal of disability.
   18         (b) No person may appear on the ballot for re-election to
   19  any of the following offices:
   20         (1) Florida representative,
   21         (2) Florida senator,
   22         (1)(3) Florida Lieutenant governor, or
   23         (2)(4) any office of the Florida cabinet,
   24         (5) U.S. Representative from Florida, or
   25         (6) U.S. Senator from Florida
   26  
   27  if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will
   28  have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in that
   29  office for eight consecutive years.
   30         (c) No person may appear on the ballot for re-election to
   31  either of the following offices:
   32         (1) Florida representative, or
   33         (2) Florida senator
   34  
   35  if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will
   36  have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in that
   37  office for twelve consecutive years.