Florida Senate - 2025 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SJR 802 Ì468636HÎ468636 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: UNFAV . 03/17/2025 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Grall) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment 2 3 Delete lines 57 - 126 4 and insert: 5 a member of the board for twelve years. Service in a term of 6 office which commences on or before November 3, 2026, does not 7 count toward the limitation imposed by this subsection. 8 (f) NON-CHARTER GOVERNMENT. Counties not operating under 9 county charters shall have such power of self-government as is 10 provided by general or special law. The board of county 11 commissioners of a county not operating under a charter may 12 enact, in a manner prescribed by general law, county ordinances 13 not inconsistent with general or special law, but an ordinance 14 in conflict with a municipal ordinance shall not be effective 15 within the municipality to the extent of such conflict. 16 (g) CHARTER GOVERNMENT. Counties operating under county 17 charters shall have all powers of local self-government not 18 inconsistent with general law, or with special law approved by 19 vote of the electors. The governing body of a county operating 20 under a charter may enact county ordinances not inconsistent 21 with general law. The charter shall provide which shall prevail 22 in the event of conflict between county and municipal 23 ordinances. 24 (h) TAXES; LIMITATION. Property situate within 25 municipalities shall not be subject to taxation for services 26 rendered by the county exclusively for the benefit of the 27 property or residents in unincorporated areas. 28 (i) COUNTY ORDINANCES. Each county ordinance shall be 29 filed with the custodian of state records and shall become 30 effective at such time thereafter as is provided by general law. 31 (j) VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES. Persons violating county 32 ordinances shall be prosecuted and punished as provided by law. 33 (k) COUNTY SEAT. In every county there shall be a county 34 seat at which shall be located the principal offices and 35 permanent records of all county officers. The county seat may 36 not be moved except as provided by general law. Branch offices 37 for the conduct of county business may be established elsewhere 38 in the county by resolution of the governing body of the county 39 in the manner prescribed by law. No instrument shall be deemed 40 recorded until filed at the county seat, or a branch office 41 designated by the governing body of the county for the recording 42 of instruments, according to law. 43 ARTICLE IX 44 EDUCATION 45 SECTION 4. School districts; school boards.— 46 (a) Each county shall constitute a school district; 47 provided, two or more contiguous counties, upon vote of the 48 electors of each county pursuant to law, may be combined into 49 one school district. In each school district there shall be a 50 school board composed of five or more members chosen by vote of 51 the electors in a nonpartisan election for appropriately 52 staggered terms of four years, as provided by law. A person may 53 not appear on the ballot for re-election to the office of school 54 board member, if by the end of the current term of office, that 55 person will have served, or, but for resignation, would have 56 served, as a member of the school board for twelve years. 57 Service of a term of office which commenced before November 8, 58 2022, does not count toward the limitation imposed by this 59 subsection. 60 (b) The school board shall operate, control and supervise 61 all free public schools within the school district and determine 62 the rate of school district taxes within the limits prescribed 63 herein. Two or more school districts may operate and finance 64 joint educational programs. 65 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be 66 placed on the ballot: 67 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 68 ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 1 69 ARTICLE IX, SECTION 4 70 TERM LIMITS FOR MEMBERS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONS AND DISTRICT 71 SCHOOL BOARDS.—This amendment to the State Constitution provides 72 that a person is limited to serving twelve years as a member of 73 a county commission and applies to terms of office that commence 74 after November 3, 2026. This amendment also provides that a 75 person is limited to serving twelve years as a member of a