'Resign to run' bill signed into law
Local and state office holders in Florida will have to resign from their seats to run for a federal office that overlaps with their current term, under a bill signed by Gov. Rick Scott.
The measure (SB 186) was among 18 bills the governor signed into law on Friday.
The resign-to-run law expands a requirement that already applies to state and local elected officials who decide to run for other state or local offices.
If the terms of the offices overlap, the officials have to submit resignations at least 10 days before qualifying to run, with the resignations effective when the officials would take the new offices or when their successors would take office.
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