Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1110
       
       
        
       By Senator Ingoglia
       
       
       
       
       
       11-00971C-23                                          20231110__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to term limits; creating s. 124.012,
    3         F.S.; establishing term limits for county
    4         commissioners; amending s. 1001.35, F.S.; revising
    5         term limits for district school board members;
    6         providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 1. Section 124.012, Florida Statutes, is created to
   11  read:
   12         124.012 Term limits of county commissioners.—
   13         (1) A person may not appear on the ballot for reelection to
   14  the office of county commissioner if, by the end of his or her
   15  current term of office, the person will have served, or but for
   16  resignation would have served, in that office for 8 consecutive
   17  years. Service of a term of office which commenced before
   18  November 8, 2022, will not be counted toward the limitation
   19  imposed by this section.
   20         (2) This section supersedes any term limits imposed by a
   21  county charter.
   22         Section 2. Section 1001.35, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   23  read:
   24         1001.35 Term of office.—District school board members shall
   25  be elected at the general election in November for terms of 4
   26  years, except that a person may not appear on the ballot for
   27  reelection to the office of school board member if, by the end
   28  of his or her current term of office, the person will have
   29  served, or but for resignation would have served, in that office
   30  for 8 12 consecutive years. Service of a term of office which
   31  commenced before November 8, 2022, will not be counted toward
   32  the limitation imposed by this section.
   33         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.