CRC - 2017                                COMMISSIONER AMENDMENT
       Proposal No. P 6005
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
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                  Floor: 2/F           .                                
             04/16/2018 02:41 PM       .                                
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       Commissioner Martinez moved the following:
       
    1         CRC Substitute for Amendment (256288) (with ballot
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 148 - 159
    5  and insert:
    6         a clerk of the circuit court; except, when provided by a
    7  county charter adopted prior to December 31, 1957 or special law
    8  approved by vote of the electors of the county, a sheriff any
    9  county officer may be chosen in another manner therein
   10  specified, the duties of a sheriff may be transferred to another
   11  office, the term of office may be changed, or any county the
   12  office of a sheriff may be abolished when all the duties of the
   13  office prescribed by general law are transferred to another
   14  office. Unless When not otherwise provided by county charter or
   15  special law approved by vote of the electors or pursuant to
   16  Article V, section 16, the clerk of the circuit court shall be
   17  ex officio clerk of the board of county commissioners, auditor,
   18  recorder and custodian of all county funds. Notwithstanding
   19  subsection 6(e) of this article, a county charter may not
   20  abolish the office of a sheriff, a tax
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   22  ====== B A L L O T  S T A T E M E N T  A M E N D M E N T ======
   23  And the ballot statement is amended as follows:
   24         Delete lines 272 - 281
   25  and insert:
   26         Requires legislature to retain veterans’ affairs
   27  department. Ensures sheriffs, property appraisers, supervisors
   28  of elections, tax collectors, and clerks of court elections in
   29  all counties; removes county charters’ ability to abolish,
   30  change term, transfer duties, or eliminate election of these
   31  offices; exempts Miami-Dade sheriff. Changes annual legislative
   32  session commencement date in even numbered years from March to
   33  January; removes legislature’s authorization to fix date.
   34  Creates domestic security and counterterrorism office within
   35  department of law enforcement.
   36