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Comparative Constitutional Law Keyed to Sutton, 5th Ed.
Telli v. Broward County
Citation:
94 So. 3d 504 (Fla. 2012)Facts
In 2000, the voters of Broward County approved an amendment to the county charter that imposed term limits on county commissioners, restricting them to no more than three consecutive four-year terms, effective with terms commencing in November 2000. The charter provision specified that service prior to November 2000 would not count toward the limitation, nor would partial terms or two-year terms served after that date. In February 2010, William Telli, a Broward County resident, filed a complaint seeking declaratory relief against Broward County, arguing that these term limits violated the Florida Constitution. The Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court agreed with Telli, finding the term limits unconstitutional based on this Court’s precedent in Cook v. City of Jacksonville, which had held that term limits on constitutional county officers violated the Florida Constitution. Broward County appealed to the Fourth District Court of Appeal, which reversed, distinguishing the office of county commissioner from the constitutional offices addressed in Cook.
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