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Florida Constitution Revision Commission

P 13: LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Counties; election of county officers

PROPOSAL by Carolyn Timmann ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Chris Nocco ; Emery Gainey

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Counties; election of county officers; Sections 1 and 6 of Article VIII of the State Constitution to remove authority for a county charter or a special law to provide for choosing specified county officers in a manner other than election and to prohibit a county charter from abolishing specified county officers, transfering duties of a county officer to another officer or office, establishing the length of terms of county officers, or establishing any manner of selection of county officers other than by election.

Last Action: 5/11/2018 - Died in Style and Drafting, see P 6005
Location: In committee (SD)
Proposal Text: Web Page | PDF
Committee References:
  1. Local Government (LO)
  2. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  3. Style and Drafting (SD)

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  • Proposal History

    Date Action
    10/9/2017 • Filed
    10/16/2017 • Referred to Local Government; Ethics and Elections
    10/26/2017 • On Committee agenda-- Local Government, 11/01/17, 8:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida
    11/1/2017 • Favorable by Local Government; YEAS 6 NAYS 1
    11/8/2017 • Now in Ethics and Elections
    11/20/2017 • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 11/29/17, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida --Temporarily Postponed
    • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 11/30/17, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida --Meeting cancelled
    12/7/2017 • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 12/13/17, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida
    12/13/2017 • Favorable by- Ethics and Elections; YEAS 6 NAYS 1
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    3/15/2018 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/19/18
    3/19/2018 • Committed to Style and Drafting
    • Now in Style and Drafting
    3/29/2018 • On Committee agenda-- Style and Drafting, 04/03/18, 1:00 pm, 102 House Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida --Amendment(s) Adopted - Temporarily Postponed
    5/11/2018 • Died in Style and Drafting, see P 6005

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  • P 13, Original Filed Version (Current Proposal Version) Posted 10/9/2017 at 9:19 AM

    Proposal Text:   Web Page PDF
    Analyses:   Local Government (Pre-Meeting) 10/27/2017 (pdf)
    Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 11/21/2017 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    102260 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the proposal clause and insert:     		Style and Drafting
    (Timmann)     		3/30/2018
    8:39 PM     		Favorable
    4/3/2018     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    11/1/2017 8:00 AM Local Government 6 Yeas - 1 Nays
    12/13/2017 8:00 AM Ethics and Elections 6 Yeas - 1 Nays
    4/3/2018 1:00 PM Style and Drafting View Vote Record

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    3/19/2018 3:14 PM Senate 26 Yeas - 7 Nays

    Citations - Constitution (2)

    Article Section Location in Proposal Location In Proposal Help
    Article VIII Section 1 Page 1 (pdf)
    Article VIII Section 6 Page 4 (pdf)

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