Florida Senate - 2016 SJR 902
By Senator Garcia
38-00536-16 2016902__
1 Senate Joint Resolution
2 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 4
3 of Article VI and the creation of a new section in
4 Article XII of the State Constitution to increase
5 limits on the period for which a person may be elected
6 as a state senator or state representative and to
7 remove limits on the period for which a person may be
8 elected as a United States Senator or United States
9 Representative.
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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 and
14 the creation of a new section in 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 specifically
18 authorized by law for that purpose:
19 ARTICLE VI
20 SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
21 SECTION 4. Disqualifications.—
22 (a) A No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in
23 this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, is not shall
24 be qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil
25 rights or removal of disability.
26 (b) A No person may not appear on the ballot for re
27 election to any of the following offices:
28 (1) State senator or state representative if, by the end of
29 the current term of office, the person will have served, or but
30 for resignation would have served, in that office for twelve
31 consecutive years.
32 (1) Florida representative,
33 (2) Florida senator,
34 (2)(3) Florida Lieutenant governor or,
35 (4) any office of the Florida cabinet,
36 (5) U.S. Representative from Florida, or
37 (6) U.S. Senator from Florida if, by the end of the current
38 term of office, the person will have served, or (or, but for
39 resignation, would have served,) in that office for eight
40 consecutive years.
41 ARTICLE XII
42 SCHEDULE
43 Applicability of amendment relating to the terms of state
44 senators and state representatives.—
45 (a) This amendment shall take effect upon approval by the
46 electors.
47 (b) The increase on limits on the period for which a person
48 may be elected as a state senator or state representative by
49 this amendment shall apply only to persons who are elected to
50 their initial term of office for purposes of calculating term
51 limits as a state senator or state representative in the 2016
52 general election or any election thereafter.
53 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
54 placed on the ballot:
55 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
56 ARTICLE VI, SECTION 4
57 ARTICLE XII
58 REVISING TERM LIMITS FOR LEGISLATIVE OFFICES.—Proposing an
59 amendment to the State Constitution to increase limits on the
60 period for which a person may be elected as state senator or
61 state representative, generally from 8 consecutive years to 12
62 consecutive years, for persons not currently serving in such an
63 office; and to remove limits on the period for which a person
64 may be elected as a United States Senator or United States
65 Representative, which have previously been ruled
66 unconstitutional.