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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to county constitutional officers; 2
amending s. 100.041, F.S.; revising when the term of 3
office for certain elected offices commences; 4
authorizing certain officers-elect to have access to 5
specified facilities; defining the term "access to all 6
facilities"; amending s. 129.06 and 195.087, F.S.; 7
revising when specified officers must abide by certain 8
limitations related to approved budgets; providing an 9
effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 100.041, 14
Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsections (5) and (6) are 15
added to that section to read: 16
100.041 Officers cho sen at general election ; officer-elect 17
access to facilities .— 18
(1) State senators shall be elected for terms of 4 years, 19
those from odd-numbered districts in each year the number of 20
which is a multiple of 4 and those from even -numbered districts 21
in each even-numbered year the number of which is not a multiple 22
of 4. Members of the House of Representatives shall be elected 23
for terms of 2 years in each even -numbered year. In each county, 24
a clerk of the circuit court, sheriff, superintendent of 25
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schools, property appraiser, and tax collector shall be chosen 26
by the qualified electors at the general election in each year 27
the number of which is a multiple of 4. The Governor and the 28
administrative officers of the executive branch of the state 29
shall be elected for te rms of 4 years in each even -numbered year 30
the number of which is not a multiple of 4. Except as provided 31
in subsection (5), the terms of state offices other than the 32
terms of members of the Legislature shall begin on the first 33
Tuesday after the first Monda y in January after said election. 34
The term of office of each member of the Legislature shall begin 35
upon election. 36
(4) The term of office of each county and each district 37
officer not otherwise provided by law shall commence on the 38
second first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following 39
his or her election. 40
(5) The term of office for a clerk of the circuit court, 41
sheriff, superintendent of schools, property appraiser, and tax 42
collector shall commence on the first Tuesday in December. 43
(6) A county constitutional officer -elect shall be granted 44
full access to all facilities owned by the constitutional office 45
to on the next business day after the officer -elect receives his 46
or her certificate of election from the supervisor of elections. 47
For the purposes of this section, the term "access to all 48
facilities" includes copies of keys or access cards necessary 49
for the officer-elect to begin the transition process. 50
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Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 129.06, Florida 51
Statutes, is amended to read: 52
129.06 Execution and amendment of budget. — 53
(5)(a) Any county constitutional officer whose budget is 54
approved by the board of county commissioners , who has not been 55
reelected to office or is not seeking reelection, shall be 56
prohibited from making any budget a mendments, transferring funds 57
between itemized appropriations, or expending in a single month 58
more than one-twelfth of any itemized approved appropriation, 59
following the date he or she is eliminated as a candidate or 60
October 1, whichever comes later, without approval of the board 61
of county commissioners. 62
(b) Any county constitutional officer whose budget is 63
approved by the board of county commissioners and who is not 64
seeking reelection shall be prohibited from making any budget 65
amendments, transferring fu nds between itemized appropriations, 66
or expending in a single month more than one -twelfth of any 67
itemized approved appropriation on or after October 1 of the 68
year in which the election is held without approval of the board 69
of county commissioners. 70
Section 3. Subsection (5) of section 195.087, Florida 71
Statutes, is amended to read: 72
195.087 Property appraisers and tax collectors to submit 73
budgets to Department of Revenue. — 74
(5)(a) Any property appraiser or tax collector whose 75
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budget is approved by the D epartment of Revenue who has not been 76
reelected to office or is not seeking reelection shall be 77
prohibited from making any budget amendments, transferring funds 78
between itemized appropriations, or expending in a single month 79
more than one-twelfth of any itemized approved appropriation 80
following the date he or she is eliminated as a candidate or 81
October 1, whichever comes later, without the approval of the 82
Department of Revenue. 83
(b) Any property appraiser or tax collector whose budget 84
is approved by the Department of Revenue and who is not seeking 85
reelection shall be prohibited from making any budget 86
amendments, transferring funds between itemized appropriations, 87
or expending in a single month more than one -twelfth of any 88
itemized approved appropriation o n or after October 1 of the 89
year in which the election is held without the approval of the 90
Department of Revenue. 91
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 92