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Carolyn Timmann
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Carolyn Timmann is a Florida government official. As of May 2017, Timmann was the clerk of the circuit court and comptroller for Martin County, Florida. In February 2017, Timmann was appointed to the Florida Constitution Revision Commission, a 37-member commission that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution.[1] According to an article in the Miami Herald, she is a Republican.[2]
Career
Carolyn Timmann holds an associate' degree from Indian River State College and a bachelor's degree from Florida State University. [3]
In her early career, Timmann served as the Martin County, Florida law librarian, as a judicial assistant to a circuit judge and a county judge, as a special assistant to the Florida solicitor general, and as chief legislative assistant to Republican state representative Tom Warner.[3]
From 2007 until 2011, Timmann served as the executive chief of staff for Florida Governor Charlie Crist. According to a candidate survey in local Florida news outlet TC Palm, Timmann managed a number of projects in this role, including the Florida Discount Drug Program, the Governor's Commission on Disabilities, the Council on Physical Fitness, and Gubernatorial Fellows Program along with several statewide initiatives.[3]
From 2011 through February 2012, Timmann was the director of the office of open government within the executive office of Governor Rick Scott. [4][3]
As of May 2017, Timmann was the clerk of the circuit court and comptroller for Martin County, Florida. She was first elected in 2012.[4][5]
Florida Constitution Revision Commission
In February 2017, Timmann was appointed to the Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) by Florida State Senate President Joe Negron, a Republican.[1]
The Florida Constitution Revision Commission is a 37-member commission provided for in the state constitution that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution.[6] The CRC refers constitutional amendments directly to the ballot for a public vote.[7] The commission convenes every 20 years.[6] Members of the commission travel to different parts of Florida to perform research and receive public testimony before recommending these ballot measures.[8]
The Constitution Revision Commission of 2017-2018 was composed of 37 members. Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, appointed 15 members of the CRC. President of the Florida Senate, Joe Negron (R), appointed nine members. Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Richard Corcoran (R) appointed nine members. Jorge Labarga, chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, appointed three members.[9]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Florida Senate, "President Negron Announces Appointments to Florida's Constitution Revision Commission," accessed May 24, 2017
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Negron names 6 Republicans and Chris Smith to the Constitution Revision Commission," accessed May 24, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 TC Palm, "Ask the Candidates: Carolyn Timmann," accessed May 25, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 LinkedIn, "Carolyn Timmann," accessed May 25, 2017
- ↑ Sunshine State News, "Carolyn Timman, Rick Scott's Former Open Government Chief Wins Election in Martin County," accessed May 25, 2017
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Florida Legislature, "The Florida Constitution," accessed May 2, 2017
- ↑ D'Alemberte, T. (2016). The Florida State Constitution. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Holland & Knight, "Anna Marie Hernandez Gamez Appointed to Florida's Constitution Revision Commission," accessed May 23, 2017
- ↑ Florida Constitution Revision Commission, 2017-2018, "Commissioners," accessed May 2, 2017
