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Senate Bill 0164
    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SJR 164

    By Senator Jenne





    29-3-98

  1                 Senate Joint Resolution No.     

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 4 of Article IV of the State

  4         Constitution to designate the Attorney General

  5         as the statewide prosecutor.

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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 4 of Article IV

10  of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted

11  to the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the

12  next general election or at an earlier special election

13  specifically authorized by law for that purpose:

14                            ARTICLE IV

15                            EXECUTIVE

16         SECTION 4.  Cabinet.--

17         (a)  There shall be a cabinet composed of a secretary

18  of state, an attorney general, a comptroller, a treasurer, a

19  commissioner of agriculture and a commissioner of education.

20  In addition to the powers and duties specified herein, they

21  shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be

22  prescribed by law.

23         (b)  The secretary of state shall keep the records of

24  the official acts of the legislative and executive

25  departments.

26         (c)  The attorney general shall be the chief state

27  legal officer. There is created in the office of The attorney

28  general shall serve as the position of statewide prosecutor.

29  The statewide prosecutor shall have concurrent jurisdiction

30  with the state attorneys to prosecute violations of criminal

31  laws occurring or having occurred, in two or more judicial

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SJR 164
    29-3-98




  1  circuits as part of a related transaction, or when any such

  2  offense is affecting or has affected two or more judicial

  3  circuits as provided by general law. The statewide prosecutor

  4  shall be appointed by the attorney general from not less than

  5  three persons nominated by the judicial nominating commission

  6  for the supreme court, or as otherwise provided by general

  7  law.

  8         (d)  The comptroller shall serve as the chief fiscal

  9  officer of the state, and shall settle and approve accounts

10  against the state.

11         (e)  The treasurer shall keep all state funds and

12  securities.  He shall disburse state funds only upon the order

13  of the comptroller.  Such order may be in any form and may

14  require the disbursement of state funds by electronic means or

15  by means of a magnetic tape or any other transfer medium.

16         (f)  The commissioner of agriculture shall have

17  supervision of matters pertaining to agriculture except as

18  otherwise provided by law.

19         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

20  placed on the ballot:

21                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

22                      ARTICLE IV, SECTION 4

23         STATEWIDE PROSECUTOR.--Proposing an amendment to the

24  State Constitution to designate the Attorney General to serve

25  as the statewide prosecutor, rather than appointing a person

26  to serve in that office.

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