Title: Term Limits

Summary: Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to increase limits on the period for which a person may be elected as a state senator or state representative and to remove limits on the period for which a person may be elected as a United States Senator or United States Representative, etc.

Full Text:
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section of Article VI and the creation of a new section in Article XII of the State Constitution to increase limits on the period for which a person may be elected as a state senator or state representative and to remove limits on the period for which a person may be elected as a United States Senator or United States Representative. Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: That the following amendment to Section of Article VI and the creation of a new section in Article XII of the State Constitution are agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next general election or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that purpose: ARTICLE VI SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS SECTION 4. Disqualifications.  (a)  A No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, is not shall be qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil rights or removal of disability. (b)  A No person may not appear on the ballot for re election to any of the following offices: (1) State senator or state representative if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will have served, or but for resignation would have served, in that office for twelve consecutive years. (1) Florida representative, (2) Florida senator, (2) (3)   Florida Lieutenant governor or,(4)  any office of the Florida cabinet,(5) U.S. Representative from Florida, or (6) U.S. Senator from Florida if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will have served,or (or, but for resignation,would have served,) in that office for eight consecutive years. ARTICLE XII SCHEDULE Applicability of amendment relating to the terms of state senators and state representatives.  (a) This amendment shall take effect upon approval by the electors. (b) The increase on limits on the period for which a person may be elected as a state senator or state representative by this amendment shall apply only to persons who are elected to their initial term of office for purposes of calculating term limits as a state senator or state representative in the 2016 general election or any election thereafter. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be placed on the ballot: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE VI, SECTION ARTICLE XII REVISING TERM LIMITS FOR LEGISLATIVE OFFICES. Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to increase limits on the period for which a person may be elected as state senator or state representative, generally from consecutive years to consecutive years, for persons not currently serving in such an office; and to remove limits on the period for which a person may be elected as a United States Senator or United States Representative, which have previously been ruled unconstitutional.