House Bill 4553c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998            CS/HJR 4553

        By the Committee on Environmental Protection and
    Representatives Constantine, Safley, K. Pruitt, Sembler,
    Saunders, Carlton, Eggelletion, Chestnut, Warner, Andrews and
    Livingston



  1                      House Joint Resolution

  2         A joint resolution proposing the creation of

  3         Section 19 of Article VII of the State

  4         Constitution, relating to bonds for state

  5         conservation, recreation, and restoration

  6         programs and for postsecondary education

  7         infrastruction construction.

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  9  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         That the creation of Section 19 of Article VII of the

12  State Constitution as set forth below is agreed to and shall

13  be submitted to the electors of Florida for approval or

14  rejection at the general election to be held in November 1998,

15  or at a special election to be held in September 1998:

16                           ARTICLE VII

17                       FINANCE AND TAXATION

18         SECTION 19.  Bonds for state conservation, recreation,

19  and restoration programs and for postsecondary education

20  infrastructure construction.--

21         (a)  Beginning in the year 2001, bonds pledging all or

22  part of the dedicated revenue of a state tax or the full faith

23  and credit of the state, or both, may be issued by the state

24  without a vote of the electors in a manner provided by general

25  law to finance or refinance:

26         (1)  The acquisition of land, water areas, and related

27  interests and resources, in urban and rural settings, for the

28  purposes of conservation, recreation, environmental

29  restoration, water resource development, or historical

30  preservation.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998            CS/HJR 4553

    194-121-98






  1         (2)  The acquisition of lands and related interests;

  2  the construction, acquisition, reconstruction, or renovation

  3  of educational facilities; and the development of

  4  telecommunications infrastructure, for the postsecondary

  5  education system of this state.

  6         (3)  Capital improvements for the lands and water areas

  7  that accomplish environmental restoration, enhance public

  8  access and recreational enjoyment, promote long-term

  9  management goals, or facilitate water resource development.

10         (b)  Bonds issued under this section shall first be

11  authorized by the Legislature by an act relating to

12  appropriations or by general law.

13         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

14  requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the

15  substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on the

16  ballot as follows:

17                           ARTICLE VII

18                       FINANCE AND TAXATION

19         Proposing the creation of Section 19 of Article VII of

20  the State Constitution to authorize issuance of bonds pledging

21  a dedicated state tax revenue or the full faith and credit of

22  the state without a vote of the electors to acquire land,

23  water, and related interests and resources for conservation,

24  recreation, restoration, resource development, historical

25  preservation, and postsecondary education system construction,

26  and for related capital improvements.

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