(1) State senators shall be elected for terms of 4 years, those from odd-numbered districts in each year the number of which is a multiple of 4 and those from even-numbered districts in each even-numbered year the number of which is not a multiple of 4. Members of the House of Representatives shall be elected for terms of 2 years in each even-numbered year. In each county, a clerk of the circuit court, sheriff, superintendent of schools, property appraiser, and tax collector shall be chosen by the qualified electors at the general election in each year the number of which is a multiple of 4. The Governor and the administrative officers of the executive branch of the state shall be elected for terms of 4 years in each even-numbered year the number of which is not a multiple of 4. The terms of state offices other than the terms of members of the Legislature shall begin on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January after said election. The term of office of each member of the Legislature shall begin upon election.
(2)(a) Except as provided in s. 124.011 relating to single member districts after decennial redistricting, each county commissioner from an odd-numbered district shall be elected at the general election in each year the number of which is a multiple of 4, for a 4-year term commencing on the second Tuesday following such election, and each county commissioner from an even-numbered district shall be elected at the general election in each even-numbered year the number of which is not a multiple of 4, for a 4-year term commencing on the second Tuesday following such election. A county commissioner is “elected” for purposes of this paragraph on the date that the county canvassing board certifies the results of the election pursuant to s. 102.151.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the governing board of a charter county may provide by ordinance, to be approved by referendum, that the terms of its members shall commence on a date later than the second Tuesday following general elections, but in any case the date of commencement shall be uniform for all members and shall be no later than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following each member’s election.
(3)(a) School board members shall be elected at a general election for terms of 4 years. The term of office of a school board member and of a superintendent of schools shall begin on the second Tuesday following the general election in which such member or superintendent is elected.
(b) In each school district which has five school board members, the terms shall be arranged so that three members are elected at one general election and two members elected at the next ensuing general election.
(4) The term of office of each county and each district officer not otherwise provided by law shall commence on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following his or her election.
History.—s. 3, ch. 3879, 1889; RS 156; s. 3, ch. 4328, 1895; s. 2, ch. 4537, 1897; GS 172; s. 10, ch. 7838, 1919; RGS 217; CGL 252; s. 4, ch. 26870, 1951; s. 15, ch. 28156, 1953; s. 1, ch. 59-140; s. 1, ch. 63-479; s. 1, ch. 67-98; s. 1, ch. 67-510; s. 11, ch. 69-216; s. 1, ch. 69-300; (4) former s. 14, Art. XVIII of the State Constitution of 1885, as amended; converted to statutory law by s. 10, Art. XII of the State Constitution as revised in 1968; s. 1, ch. 73-47; s. 18, ch. 73-334; s. 1, ch. 77-102; s. 12, ch. 77-175; s. 1, ch. 78-321; s. 21, ch. 79-164; s. 14, ch. 85-226; s. 1, ch. 88-85; s. 14, ch. 89-338; s. 545, ch. 95-147; s. 11, ch. 98-129; s. 20, ch. 2007-30; s. 12, ch. 2022-73.
Cited 11 times | Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4043, 1997 WL 154619
...oc. 77 at 40. The five members of the Liberty County School Board and of the Liberty County Board of County Commissioners each serve staggered four-year terms. See Fla. Const. Art. VIII, § 1(e) (West 1995 & Supp.1997) (county commission); Fla.Stat. § 100.041(2) (West 1982 & Supp.1997) (county commission); Fla.Stat. § 100.041(3) (school board); *1557 Fla.Stat....
Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 1969095
...section 951.061, Florida Statutes, the sheriff is designated as chief correctional officer of the county correctional system. According to the state, the sheriff qualifies as a "supervising officer," who, as an elected official under Florida Statute section 100.041, remains "on duty" even though he is not physically present at the jail....
...second letter to Governor Scott clarifying that his specific date of resignation was
to be Friday, January 2, 2015. January 2, 2015, is three calendar days (one
business day) before Judge Moran’s term was due to expire on January 5, 2015.
See Art. V. §10(b)(3)b., Fla. Const.; § 100.041(4), Fla....
Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 4901370
...(Commissioner-Elect Hutchings, by consent of all parties, has been permitted to intervene in support of the Plaintiff.) The seat of the County Chair, for which there is one candidate on the ballot and one write-in-candidate, will be filled at the general election on November 4, 2008. Pursuant to § 100.041, Fla....
Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1966 Fla. LEXIS 3812
election in November, 1966 pursuant to Florida Statute 100.041, F.S.A. The alternative writ issued and
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