FL S0438

Requires noncharter counties, charter counties without commissioner term limits, and charter counties with term limits exceeding 8 consecutive years to hold a referendum on November 5, 2024, to adopt 8-year consecutive term limits for county commissioners

Prohibits county commissioners who have served 8 consecutive years from seeking election to a different district seat or at-large seat on the same county commission until at least 2 years after their service ends

Terms of office beginning before November 3, 2026, do not count toward the 8-year limit; the term limits take effect beginning November 3, 2026, for counties whose voters approve the referendum

Counties whose voters reject the initial 2024 referendum may hold subsequent referendum elections coinciding with any future general election, but otherwise prohibits any other initiative or referendum process regarding county commissioner term limits

Commissioners currently serving or elected on November 5, 2024, in charter counties with existing 12-year term limits remain bound by those charter limits but become subject to the new 8-year limit and 2-year cooling-off period once they leave office