Bill Text: FL H0041 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Naming of Public Buildings and Facilities

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee [H0041 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0041-Introduced.html

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HJR 41

1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing the creation of Section
3	28 of Article X of the State Constitution to prohibit
4	the naming of public buildings and facilities for a
5	person not deceased for a certain period of time
6	unless approved by a four-fifths vote of the
7	governmental body enacting the designation, except
8	that no such building or facility may be named for a
9	public officer while that person is in public office.
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11	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	That the following creation of Section 28 of Article X of
14	the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
15	the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
16	general election or at an earlier special election specifically
17	authorized by law for that purpose:
18	ARTICLE X
19	MISCELLANEOUS
20	SECTION 28.  Naming of public buildings and other
21	facilities.-
22	(a)  Except as otherwise provided in this section, a
23	publicly owned building, road, bridge, park, recreational
24	complex, or other similar facility may not be named for any
25	person who has not been deceased for at least five years.
26	(b)  A publicly owned building, road, bridge, park,
27	recreational complex, or other similar facility may be named for
28	a living person or a person who has been deceased for less than
29	five years if the name designation is approved by a four-fifths
30	vote of the governmental body enacting the designation; however,
31	such a facility may not be named for a public officer while that
32	person is in public office.
33	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
34	placed on the ballot:
35	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
36	ARTICLE X, SECTION 28
37	NAMING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES.-Proposing an
38	amendment to the State Constitution that prohibits naming a
39	publicly owned building, road, bridge, park, recreational
40	complex, or other similar facility after a person who has not
41	been deceased for at least 5 years unless approved by a four-
42	fifths vote of the governing body naming the building or
43	facility, except that no such building or facility may be named
44	after a public officer while that person is in office.

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