The Florida Senate

¹240.136  Suspension and removal from office of elected student government officials; referendum.--Each state university and community college student government association shall establish a process within 60 days of this act becoming a law to provide for the removal from office of any elected student government official who has been convicted of a violation of criminal law or has been found civilly liable for an act of moral turpitude, after all available rights of judicial appeal have been exercised or waived or have expired. The process shall include a procedure for the immediate suspension of the student government official from elected office following the conviction or civil finding and during any appeal, and shall provide for the temporary successor to the subject office pending completion of any appeal. The process must also include a procedure for registered students to petition for a referendum recommending to the student government association the removal of a student official from elected office. The referendum must be held within 60 days of filing of the petition. The recommendation to remove the subject official from elected office shall be made by majority vote of the students participating in the referendum. The action of a student government association under this section shall be subject to an appeal to the university or community college president or designee.

History.--s. 55, ch. 98-421; s. 3(7), ch. 2000-321.

¹Note.--Repealed January 7, 2003, by s. 3(7), ch. 2000-321, and shall be reviewed by the Legislature prior to that date.