| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to the Hernando County School 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | District, Hernando County; providing legislative 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | findings; repealing the School Board of Hernando 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | County resolution which provides for an appointed 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | superintendent of schools; providing for an elected 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | superintendent of schools; requiring a referendum; 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | providing an effective date. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Findings of fact.—The Legislature finds that 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | the School Board of Hernando County adopted a resolution to 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | change the position of the Hernando County Superintendent of 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Schools from an elected position to an appointed position and 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | that such resolution was approved by the electorate during the 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | March 10, 1992, presidential preference primary. 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 2. Repeal of resolution. —Pursuant to Section 5, 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Article IX of the State Constitution, the resolution described 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | in section 1 is repealed. The Hernando County Superintendent of 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Schools shall be elected in a partisan election to a term of 4 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | years by vote of the qualified electors residing in Hernando 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | County, beginning with the general election in 2028. 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Section 3. Referendum election. — 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) As required by Section 5, Article IX of the State 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 51 | 51 | | Constitution, during the 2024 primary election, there shall be 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | held a referendum election concerning whether section 2 shall 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | become a law. 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (2) The ballot title for the referendum question shall be 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | in substantially the following form: 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | REPEALING RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR AN APPOINTED, RATHER 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | THAN AN ELECTED, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (3) The referendum question shall be placed on the ballot 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | in substantially the following form: 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Currently, by resolution, the Hernando County School Board 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | provides for an appointed Superintendent of Schools for 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | the Hernando County School District. Shall Chapter 2023 - 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | , Laws of Florida, which repeals the Hernando County 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | School Board Resolution and provides that the 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Superintendent of Schools shall no longer be ap pointed by 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | the School Board, but shall be elected in a partisan 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | election for a term of four years, beginning with the 2028 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | General Election, become effective? 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ( ) Yes. 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ( ) No. 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (4) The referendum election shall be conducted by the 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Supervisor of Elections of Hernando County in accordance with 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | the Florida Election Code. 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | except that section 2 shall take effect only upon approval by a 50 |
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