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 Orange County
 Code of Ordinances
 Part I. CHARTER
 Article VII. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  § 703. County officers.  

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  • A.

    The charter offices of property appraiser, tax collector and sheriff formerly created by this section 703 are abolished. The functions and duties of each of these respective charter offices are transferred to the property appraiser, tax collector, and sheriff, as county officers under Article VIII, Section 1(d) of the Florida Constitution and each of these offices is hereby reestablished under Article VIII, Section 1(d) of the Constitution of the State of Florida.

    This subsection A. shall take effect on January 8, 1997. The holders of the former charter offices of property appraiser, tax collector and sheriff as of the effective date shall be retained and shall constitute the initial county officers serving as property appraiser, tax collector and sheriff, as those offices are reestablished under Article VIII, Section 1(d) of the Constitution of the State of Florida.

    B.

    Except as may be specifically set forth in the Charter, the county officers referenced under Article VIII, Section 1(d) of the Florida Constitution and Chapter 72-461, Laws of Florida, shall not be governed by the Charter but instead governed by the Constitution and laws of the State of Florida. The establishment of non-partisan elections and term limits for county constitutional officers shall in no way affect or impugn their status as independent constitutional officers, and shall in no way imply any authority by the board whatsoever over such independent constitutional officers.

    C.

    Elections for all county constitutional offices shall be non-partisan. No county constitutional office candidate shall be required to pay any party assessment or be required to state the party of which the candidate is a member. All county constitutional office candidates' names shall be placed on the ballot without reference to political party affiliation.

    In the event that more than two (2) candidates have qualified for any single county constitutional office, an election shall be held at the time of the first primary election and, providing no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, the two (2) candidates receiving the most votes shall be placed on the ballot for the general election.

    D.

    Any county constitutional officer who has held the same county constitutional office for the preceding four (4) full consecutive terms is prohibited from appearing on the ballot for reelection to that office; provided, however, that the terms of office beginning before January 1, 2015 shall not be counted.

    (Created 1992, effective January 1995; amended November 1996; amended August 2014 )

    State Law reference— County constitutional officers, Fla. Const. art. VIII, § 1(d).

    Note— See: Charter Review Commission v. Scott, et al., 647 So.2d 835 (Fla 1994).