Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 438
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/08/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Ingoglia) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 28 - 30
    4  and insert:
    5         (2)(a) This section does not supersede any term limit
    6  imposed by a county charter which is more restrictive than the
    7  term limit imposed in this section.
    8         (b) A county whose charter authorizes county commissioners
    9  to serve longer than the limits imposed by this section shall
   10  hold a referendum election that coincides with the 2024 general
   11  election to determine whether the limits imposed by this section
   12  shall apply to such county. In the event such county rejects the
   13  term limits imposed by this section, this section does not
   14  apply.
   15         Section 2. Referendum election.—
   16         (1) A charter county whose charter limits county
   17  commissioners from serving for a period longer than 8
   18  consecutive years shall hold a referendum election on November
   19  5, 2024.
   20         (2) The ballot title for the referendum must be in
   21  substantially the following form:
   22  
   23                   COUNTY COMMISSIONER TERM LIMITS                 
   24  
   25         (3) The referendum question must be in substantially the
   26  following form:
   27  
   28         Should the county prohibit county commissioners
   29         from serving longer than 8 consecutive years?
   30  
   31         (__) Yes.
   32         (__) No.
   33  
   34         (4) The referendum election must be conducted by the
   35  supervisor of elections for each applicable county in accordance
   36  with the Florida Election Code.
   37  
   38  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   39  And the title is amended as follows:
   40         Delete line 6
   41  and insert:
   42         timeframe; providing construction; requiring certain
   43         counties to hold a referendum election on a specified
   44         date; providing for the referendum election; providing
   45         the form for the ballot title and referendum question;
   46         providing an