Bill Text: FL H1103 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Sovereignty of the State

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H1103 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H1103-Introduced.html

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HJR 1103

1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing the creation of Section 28 of
3	Article I of the State Constitution, to assert the
4	sovereignty of the state and refuse to comply with
5	unconstitutional federal mandates.
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7	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	That the following creation of Section 28 of Article I of
10	the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
11	the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
12	general election or at an earlier special election specifically
13	authorized by law for that purpose:
14	ARTICLE I
15	DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
16	SECTION 28.  Sovereignty of the state; refusal to comply
17	with unconstitutional federal mandates.-
18	(a)  The people of this state assert their residual and
19	inviolable sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the
20	Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise
21	enumerated and granted to the Federal Government by that
22	Constitution.
23	(b)  The people of this state also refuse to comply with
24	mandates by any branch of the Federal Government which are
25	beyond the scope of such constitutionally delegated powers, and
26	demand that the Federal Government cease and desist from issuing
27	mandates that are beyond the scope of such powers.
28	(c)  The people of this state further refuse to recognize
29	or comply with any compulsory federal legislation that directs
30	the state to comply or requires the state to pass specific
31	legislation in order not to lose federal funding, and demand
32	that any such existing legislation be repealed.
33	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
34	placed on the ballot:
35	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
36	ARTICLE I, SECTION 28
37	SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATE.-Proposing an amendment to the
38	State Constitution to assert the sovereignty of the state and
39	declare the right of the people of the state to refuse to comply
40	with federal mandates that violate the Constitution of the
41	United States.

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