HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                 Bill No. HJR 1253

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on State Administration offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Amendment (650737) 

14         On page 2, line 1 through page 3, line 5,

15  remove:  all of said lines

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17  and insert:

18         (1)  Florida representative,

19         (2)  Florida senator, or

20         (3)  Florida Lieutenant governor,

21         (4)  any office of the Florida cabinet,

22         (5)  U.S. Representative from Florida, or

23         (6)  U.S. Senator from Florida

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

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

27  that office for twelve eight consecutive years.

28         (c)  No person may appear on the ballot for re-election

29  to the office of Florida Lieutenant governor if, by the end of

30  the current term of office, the person will have served (or,

31  but for resignation, would have served) in that office for

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                 Bill No. HJR 1253

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)





  1  eight consecutive years.

  2                           ARTICLE XII

  3                             SCHEDULE

  4         SECTION 26.  Term limits.--The amendment to Section 4

  5  of Article VI denying ballot access for re-election to any

  6  cabinet officer or state legislator who will have served (or,

  7  but for resignation, would have served) in that office for 12

  8  consecutive years, rather than 8 consecutive years, shall take

  9  effect upon approval by the voters and shall apply only to

10  those officers whose consecutive years in office begin in

11  November 2002 or thereafter.

12         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

13  requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the title

14  and substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on

15  the ballot as follows:

16                           TERM LIMITS

17         Increases, from 8 to 12, the number of consecutive

18  years a state legislator or any Cabinet officer may serve in

19  that office before being denied the right to have his or her

20  name appear on the ballot for re-election to that office.

21  Applies to those officers whose consecutive years in office

22  begin in November 2002 or thereafter. Removes provisions that

23  apply term limits by means of ballot access to members of

24  Congress, which the United States Supreme Court has determined

25  violate the Federal Constitution.

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