Florida County Officers Amendment (1914)

Florida County Officers Amendment
Election date November 3, 1914
Topic Taxes and Term limits
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida County Officers Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 3, 1914. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported eliminating the office of county treasurer and establishing the term of office for county tax assessor and collector as four years.

A “no” vote opposed eliminating the office of county treasurer and establishing the term of office for county tax assessor and collector as four years.

Election results

Florida County Officers Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		14,164	67.99%
No		6,668	32.01%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for County Officers Amendment was as follows:

“

For constitutional amendment to section 6, article 8, abolishing the office of the county treasurer and fixing the term of the county tax assessor and collector at four years.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

Section 6. The Legislature shall provide for the election by the qualified electors in each County of the following County Officers: A Clerk of the Circuit Court, a Sheriff, Constables, a County Assessor of Taxes, a Tax Collector, a Superintendent of Public Instruction and a County Surveyor. The term of office of all County officers mentioned in this Section shall be for four years, except that of County Assessor of Taxes and County Tax Collector, who shall be elected for two years until at the general election to be held in the year A. D. 1916, when and after which they shall be elected for a term of four years. Their powers, duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law. The legislature shall provide by law for the care and custody of all County funds and shall provide the method of reporting and paying out all such funds. Provided, County Treasurers elected in General Election held in 1914 shall hold office for the term elected.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Florida Constitution

A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.

See also

1914 Measures

• 1914 Measures
• Taxes on the ballot
• Term limits on the ballot
• 1914 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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• Ballot measure readability
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External links

• Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
• Miami Daily Metropolis, "COUNTY BALLOT BEEN PREPARED THOUGH MAY BE FOUND ILLEGAL," October 24, 1914