Bill Text: FL S1110 | 2023 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Term Limits
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 477 (Ch. 2023-37) [S1110 Detail]
Download: Florida-2023-S1110-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2023 CS for CS for SB 1110 By the Committees on Community Affairs; and Ethics and Elections; and Senator Ingoglia 578-03554-23 20231110c2 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to term limits; creating s. 124.012, 3 F.S.; establishing term limits for county 4 commissioners; providing construction; amending s. 5 1001.35, F.S.; revising term limits for district 6 school board members; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Section 124.012, Florida Statutes, is created to 11 read: 12 124.012 Term limits of county commissioners.— 13 (1) Notwithstanding the terms of any county charter to the 14 contrary, a person may not appear on the ballot for reelection 15 to the office of county commissioner if, by the end of his or 16 her current term of office, the person will have served, or but 17 for resignation would have served, in that office for 8 18 consecutive years. In any county in which term limits are not 19 imposed by county charter as of the effective date of this act, 20 service of a term of office which commenced before November 8, 21 2022, may not be counted toward the limitation imposed by this 22 subsection. 23 (2) This section does not supersede any term limit imposed 24 by a county charter which is more restrictive than the term 25 limit imposed in this section. 26 Section 2. Section 1001.35, Florida Statutes, is amended to 27 read: 28 1001.35 Term of office.—District school board members shall 29 be elected at the general election in November for terms of 4 30 years, except that a person may not appear on the ballot for 31 reelection to the office of school board member if, by the end 32 of his or her current term of office, the person will have 33 served, or but for resignation would have served, in that office 34 for 812consecutive years. Service of a term of office which 35 commenced before November 8, 2022, will not be counted toward 36 the limitation imposed by this section. 37 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.