Florida HB 27: Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact

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House Joint Resolution 1
A joint resolution proposing amendments to Section 1 2
of Article VIII and Section 4 of Article IX of the 3
State Constitution to provide term limits for members 4
of boards of county commissioners and district school 5
boards and to allow for subsequent election or re-6
election after a specified period; providing 7
applicability. 8
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Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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That the following amendments to Section 1 of Article VIII 12
and Section 4 of Article IX of the State Constitution are agreed 13
to and shall be submitted to the electors of this state for 14
approval or rejection at the next general election or at an 15
earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that 16
purpose: 17
ARTICLE VIII 18
LOCAL GOVERNMENT 19
SECTION 1. Counties.— 20
(a) POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. The state shall be divided by 21
law into political subdivisions called counties. Counties may be 22
created, abolished or changed by law, with provision for payment 23
or apportionment of the public debt. 24
(b) COUNTY FUNDS. The care, custody and method of 25

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disbursing county funds shall be provided by general law. 26
(c) GOVERNMENT. Pursuant to general or special law, a 27
county government may be established by charter which shall be 28
adopted, amended or repealed only upon vote of the electors of 29
the county in a special election called for that purpose. 30
(d) COUNTY OFFICERS. There shall be elected by the 31
electors of each county, for terms of four years, a sheriff, a 32
tax collector, a property appraiser, a supervisor of elections, 33
and a clerk of the circuit court. Unless otherwise provided by 34
special law approved by vote of the electors or pursuant to 35
Article V, section 16, the clerk of the circuit court shall be 36
ex officio clerk of the board of county commissioners, auditor, 37
recorder and custodian of all county funds. Notwithstanding 38
subsection 6(e) of this article, a county charter may not 39
abolish the office of a sheriff, a tax collector, a property 40
appraiser, a supervisor of elections, or a clerk of the circuit 41
court; transfer the duties of those officers to another officer 42
or office; change the length of the four-year term of office; or 43
establish any manner of selection other than by election by the 44
electors of the county. 45
(e) COMMISSIONERS. Except when otherwise provided by 46
county charter, the governing body of each county shall be a 47
board of county commissioners composed of five or seven members 48
serving staggered terms of four years. After each decennial 49
census the board of county commissioners shall divide the county 50

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into districts of contiguous territory as nearly equal in 51
population as practicable. One commissioner residing in each 52
district shall be elected as provided by law. Except as may be 53
provided by general law relating to single-member districts 54
after decennial redistricting, a person who, by the end of his 55
or her current term of office, will have served, or, but for 56
resignation, would have served, as a member of a board of county 57
commissioners for 12 consecutive years may not appear on the 58
ballot for subsequent election or re-election as a member of any 59
board of county commissioners until four years after the 60
expiration of the last term of office on the board for which 61
that person was elected. If a county charter provides that a 62
chairperson or county mayor is elected county-wide, the 63
limitation imposed by this subsection does not prohibit a term-64
limited commissioner elected from a single-member district from 65
appearing on the ballot for election as chairperson or county 66
mayor. 67
(f) NON-CHARTER GOVERNMENT. Counties not operating under 68
county charters shall have such power of self-government as is 69
provided by general or special law. The board of county 70
commissioners of a county not operating under a charter may 71
enact, in a manner prescribed by general law, county ordinances 72
not inconsistent with general or special law, but an ordinance 73
in conflict with a municipal ordinance shall not be effective 74
within the municipality to the extent of such conflict. 75

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(g) CHARTER GOVERNMENT. Counties operating under county 76
charters shall have all powers of local self-government not 77
in