Bill Text: FL H1259 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Constitutional Amendments/Presentation to Electors

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H1259 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H1259-Introduced.html

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HJR 1259

1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 5 of
3	Article XI of the State Constitution relating to the
4	manner of presentation to the electors of proposed
5	amendments to or revisions of the State Constitution.
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7	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	That the following amendment to Section 5 of Article XI 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 XI
15	AMENDMENTS
16	SECTION 5.  Amendment or revision election.-
17	(a)  A proposed amendment to or revision of this
18	constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the
19	electors at the next general election held more than ninety days
20	after the joint resolution or report of revision commission,
21	constitutional convention or taxation and budget reform
22	commission proposing it is filed with the custodian of state
23	records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by the affirmative vote
24	of three-fourths of the membership of each house of the
25	legislature and limited to a single amendment or revision, it is
26	submitted at an earlier special election held more than ninety
27	days after such filing.
28	(b)  A proposed amendment or revision of this constitution,
29	or any part of it, by initiative shall be submitted to the
30	electors at the general election provided the initiative
31	petition is filed with the custodian of state records no later
32	than February 1 of the year in which the general election is
33	held.
34	(c)  The legislature shall provide by general law, prior to
35	the holding of an election pursuant to this section, for the
36	provision of a statement to the public regarding the probable
37	financial impact of any amendment proposed by initiative
38	pursuant to section 3.
39	(d)  Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week
40	immediately preceding the week in which the election is held,
41	the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of
42	election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall be
43	published in one newspaper of general circulation in each county
44	in which a newspaper is published.
45	(e)  Unless otherwise specifically provided for elsewhere
46	in this constitution, if the proposed amendment or revision is
47	approved by vote of at least sixty percent of the electors
48	voting on the measure, it shall be effective as an amendment to
49	or revision of the constitution of the state on the first
50	Tuesday after the first Monday in January following the
51	election, or on such other date as may be specified in the
52	amendment or revision.
53	(f)  A proposed amendment to or revision of this
54	constitution, or any part of it, shall be presented to the
55	electors in the form and manner prescribed by general law.
56	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
57	placed on the ballot:
58	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
59	ARTICLE XI, SECTION 5
60	PRESENTATION TO THE ELECTORS OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO OR
61	REVISIONS OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION.-This amendment adds a new
62	provision to the State Constitution to require amendments to or
63	revisions of the State Constitution to be presented to voters in
64	the form and manner prescribed by general law enacted by the
65	Legislature.

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