House Bill hb1253

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002               HJR 1253

        By Representative Greenstein






  1                      House Joint Resolution

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 4 of Article VI of the State

  4         Constitution relating to term limits.

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

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  8         That the amendment to Section 4 of Article VI of the

  9  State Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be

10  submitted to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection

11  at the general election to be held in November 2002:

12         SECTION 4.  Disqualifications.--

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

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

15  qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil

16  rights or removal of disability.

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

18  to any of the following offices:

19         (1)  Florida representative,

20         (2)  Florida senator,

21         (3)  Florida Lieutenant governor, or

22         (4)  any office of the Florida cabinet,

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

24         (6)  U.S. Senator from Florida

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

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

28  that office for twelve eight consecutive years.

29         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

30  requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the title

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002               HJR 1253

    706-137-02






  1  and substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on

  2  the ballot as follows:

  3                           TERM LIMITS

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

  5  years a state legislator, the Lieutenant Governor, or any

  6  Cabinet officer may serve in that office before being denied

  7  the right to have his or her name appear on the ballot for

  8  re-election to that office.  Removes provisions that apply

  9  term limits by means of ballot access to members of Congress,

10  which the United States Supreme Court has determined violate

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