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    By the Committees on Rules and Calendar; Ethics and Elections;
    and Senator Rossin




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  1                 Senate Joint Resolution No. ____

  2         A joint resolution proposing amendments to

  3         Section 15 of Article III and Section 4 of

  4         Article VI of the State Constitution; revising

  5         the terms of office for certain elected

  6         constitutional officers; providing for

  7         staggered terms of office; revising limitations

  8         on the number of consecutive years during which

  9         certain elected constitutional officers may

10         hold office.

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12  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         That the following amendments to Section 15 of Article

15  III and Section 4 of Article VI of the State Constitution are

16  agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of this state

17  for approval or rejection at the next general election or an

18  earlier special election specifically authorized by law for

19  that purpose and, if approved, shall take effect January 1,

20  2006:

21                           ARTICLE III

22                           LEGISLATURE

23         SECTION 15.  Terms and qualifications of legislators.--

24         (a)  SENATORS.  Senators shall be elected for terms of

25  six four years, those from odd-numbered districts in the years

26  the numbers of which are multiples of four and those from

27  even-numbered districts in even-numbered years the numbers of

28  which are not multiples of four; except, at the election next

29  following a reapportionment, some senators shall be elected

30  for terms of two years or four years when necessary to

31  maintain staggered terms. Senators from districts the number

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  1  of which is a multiple of three shall be elected in each

  2  even-numbered year that is a multiple of three, senators from

  3  all other even-numbered districts shall be elected in the

  4  second year following each even-numbered year that is a

  5  multiple of three, and senators from all other odd-numbered

  6  districts shall be elected in the fourth year following each

  7  even-numbered year that is a multiple of three.

  8         (b)  REPRESENTATIVES.  Members of the house of

  9  representatives shall be elected for terms of four two years,

10  those from odd-numbered districts in the years the numbers of

11  which are multiples of four and those from even-numbered

12  districts in even-numbered years the numbers of which are not

13  multiples of four; except, at the election next following a

14  reapportionment, some representatives shall be elected for

15  terms of two years when necessary to maintain staggered terms

16  in each even-numbered year.

17         (c)  QUALIFICATIONS.  Each legislator shall be at least

18  twenty-one years of age, an elector and resident of the

19  district from which elected and shall have resided in the

20  state for a period of two years prior to election.

21         (d)  ASSUMING OFFICE; VACANCIES.  Members of the

22  legislature shall take office upon election.  Vacancies in

23  legislative office shall be filled only by election as

24  provided by law.

25                            ARTICLE VI

26                      SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

27         SECTION 4.  Disqualifications.--

28         (a)  No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in

29  this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be

30  qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil

31  rights or removal of disability.

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  1         (b)  No person may appear on the ballot for re-election

  2  to any of the following offices:

  3         (1)  Florida representative,

  4         (2)  Florida senator,

  5         (1)(3)  Florida Lieutenant governor,

  6         (2)(4)  any office of the Florida cabinet,

  7         (3)(5)  U.S. Representative from Florida, or

  8         (4)(6)  U.S. Senator from Florida

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10  if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will

11  have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in

12  that office for eight consecutive years.

13         (c)  No person may appear on the ballot for reelection

14  to the office of Florida representative or Florida senator if,

15  by the end of the current term of office, the person will have

16  served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in that

17  office for twelve consecutive years.

18         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

19  placed on the ballot:

20                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

21                     ARTICLE III, SECTION 15

22                      ARTICLE VI, SECTION 4

23         TERMS OF OFFICE AND TERM LIMITS.--Proposing amendments

24  to the State Constitution, effective January 1, 2006, to

25  increase the terms of office for Florida Senators from 4 years

26  to 6 years and for Florida Representatives from 2 years to 4

27  years; and to increase, from 8 years to 12 years, the number

28  of consecutive years during which a Florida Representative and

29  Florida Senator may hold office.

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  1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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  4  The committee substitute changes the date of implementation
    from January 1, 2011, to January 1, 2006.
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