Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0057 Compare Versions

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14	14		A bill to be entitled 1
15	15		An act relating to county commissioner term limits; 2
16	16		creating s. 124.012, F.S.; establishing term limits 3
17		-	for county commissioners; prohibiting specified 4
18		-	persons from seeking certain offices until after a 5
19		-	specified timeframe; providing applicability; 6
20		-	providing construction; requiring certain counties to 7
21		-	hold a referendum election on a specified date; 8
22		-	providing for the referendum election; providing the 9
23		-	form for the ballot title and referendum question; 10
24		-	providing an effective date. 11
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26		-	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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28		-	Section 1. Section 124.012, Florida Statutes, is created 15
29		-	to read: 16
30		-	124.012 Term limits of county commissioners. — 17
31		-	(1) Notwithstanding the terms of any county charter to the 18
32		-	contrary, a person may not appear on the ballot for reelection 19
33		-	to the office of county commissioner if, by the end of his or 20
34		-	her current term of office, the person will have served, or but 21
35		-	for resignation would have served, in that office for 8 22
36		-	consecutive years. The person may not qualify for or appear on 23
37		-	the ballot for a different district seat of the county 24
38		-	commission or an at-large county commission seat of the county 25
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51		-	after his or her initial 8 -year term of office until 2 years 26
52		-	after the end date of his or her initial term. 27
53		-	(2) The term limits imposed by this section apply to 28
54		-	counties in which term limits are not imposed by a county 29
55		-	charter as of July 1, 2024, and service of a term of office 30
56		-	which commenced before November 5, 2024, may not be counted 31
57		-	toward the limitation imposed by this section. 32
58		-	(3)(a) This section does not supersede any term limit 33
59		-	imposed by a county charter which is more restrictive than the 34
60		-	term limit imposed by this section a nd does not authorize a 35
61		-	person subject to such term limits to serve an additional 8 36
62		-	consecutive years. 37
63		-	(b) A county whose charter authorizes county commissioners 38
64		-	to serve longer than the limits imposed by this section shall 39
65		-	hold a referendum election tha t coincides with the 2024 general 40
66		-	election to determine whether the limits imposed by this section 41
67		-	shall apply to such county. In the event such county rejects the 42
68		-	term limits imposed by this section, this section does not 43
69		-	apply. 44
70		-	Section 2. Referendum election.— 45
71		-	(1) A charter county whose charter limits county 46
72		-	commissioners from serving for a period longer than 8 47
73		-	consecutive years shall hold a referendum election on November 48
74		-	5, 2024. 49
75		-	(2) The ballot title for the referendum must be in 50
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88		-	substantially the following form: 51
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90		-	COUNTY COMMISSIONER TERM LIMITS 53
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92		-	(3) The referendum question must be in substantially the 55
93		-	following form: 56
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95		-	Should the county prohibit county commissioners from 58
96		-	serving longer than 8 consecutive years? 59
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98		-	(__) Yes. 61
99		-	(__) No. 62
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101		-	(4) The referendum election must be conducted by the 64
102		-	supervisor of elections for each applicable county in accordance 65
103		-	with the Florida Election Code. 66
104		-	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 67
	17	+	for county commissioners; providing construction; 4
	18	+	providing an effective date. 5
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	20	+	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7
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	22	+	Section 1. Section 124.012, Florida Statutes, is created 9
	23	+	to read: 10
	24	+	124.012 Term limits of county commissioners. — 11
	25	+	(1) Notwithstanding the terms of any county charter to the 12
	26	+	contrary, a person may not appear on the ballot for reelection 13
	27	+	to the office of county commissioner if, by the end of his or 14
	28	+	her current term of office, the person will have served, or but 15
	29	+	for resignation would have served, in that office f or 12 16
	30	+	consecutive years. In any county in which term limits are not 17
	31	+	imposed by a county charter as of July 1, 2024, service of a 18
	32	+	term of office which commenced before November 8, 2022, may not 19
	33	+	be counted toward the limitation imposed by this subsection. 20
	34	+	(2) This section does not supersede any term limit imposed 21
	35	+	by a county charter which is more restrictive than the term 22
	36	+	limit imposed in this section. 23
	37	+	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 24