Florida Senate - 2009                                    SM 2378
       
       
       
       By Senator Haridopolos
       
       
       
       
       26-02205-09                                           20092378__
    1                           Senate Memorial                         
    2         A memorial to the Congress of the United States,
    3         urging Congress to adopt and submit to the states for
    4         ratification an amendment to the Constitution of the
    5         United States to provide term limits for United States
    6         Senators and Representatives.
    7  
    8         WHEREAS, the citizens of Florida have, by an overwhelming
    9  majority, expressed their desire that elected officials be
   10  subject to limits on their terms of office, and
   11         WHEREAS, the qualifications for election to the Congress of
   12  the United States are prescribed in the United States
   13  Constitution, and
   14         WHEREAS, in order to carry out the intent of the people of
   15  the State of Florida, an amendment to the United States
   16  Constitution is required, NOW, THEREFORE,
   17  
   18  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   19  
   20         That the Congress of the United States is requested to
   21  adopt and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to
   22  the Constitution of the United States which contains the
   23  following provisions:
   24         1. That a person may not serve in the office of United
   25  States Representative for more than six terms, except that, with
   26  respect to any person who is serving as a United States
   27  Representative on the date that a constitutional amendment
   28  providing Congressional term limits is ratified or who has
   29  served as a United States Representative before that date, such
   30  person may not serve more than one additional term.
   31         2. That a person may not serve in the office of United
   32  States Senator for more than two terms, except that, with
   33  respect to any person who is serving as a United States Senator
   34  on the date that a constitutional amendment providing
   35  Congressional term limits is ratified or who has served as a
   36  United States Senator before that date, such person may not
   37  serve more than one additional term.
   38         3. That the Congressional term limit amendment submitted to
   39  the states for ratification have no time limit within which it
   40  must be ratified.
   41         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
   42  dispatched to the President of the United States, to the
   43  President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the
   44  United States House of Representatives, and to each member of
   45  the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.