Senate Bill sb1666

    Florida Senate - 2002                                 SJR 1666

    By Senators Silver, Latvala and Sullivan





    41-664-02

  1                 Senate Joint Resolution No. ____

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 4 of Article VI of the State

  4         Constitution, relating to suffrage and

  5         elections; revising the limitation on the

  6         number of consecutive years which certain

  7         elected constitutional officers may hold office

  8         and making such limitation apply to justices of

  9         the Supreme Court.

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

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13         That the following amendment to Section 4 of Article VI

14  of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted

15  to the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the

16  next general election or at an earlier special election

17  specifically authorized by law for that purpose:

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19                            ARTICLE VI

20                      SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS

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22         SECTION 4.  Disqualifications.--

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

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

25  qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil

26  rights or removal of disability.

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

28  or retention to any of the following offices:

29         (1)  Florida representative,

30         (2)  Florida senator,

31         (3)  Florida Lieutenant governor,

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                 SJR 1666
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  1         (4)  Any office of the Florida cabinet,

  2         (5)  Justice of the Supreme Court,

  3         (6)(5)  U.S. Representative from Florida, or

  4         (7)(6)  U.S. Senator from Florida

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

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

  8  that office for twelve eight consecutive years.

  9         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

10  placed on the ballot:

11                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

12                      ARTICLE VI, SECTION 4

13         QUALIFICATIONS FOR RE-ELECTION TO CERTAIN

14  OFFICES.--Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to

15  change, from 8 consecutive years to 12 consecutive years, the

16  limitation on holding office as a Florida Representative,

17  Florida Senator, Florida Lieutenant Governor, a member of the

18  Florida Cabinet, a United States Representative from Florida,

19  or a United States Senator from Florida, and making such

20  limitation apply to State Supreme Court justices.

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