House Bill 4553e1

                                  CS/HJR 4553, First Engrossed/ntc



  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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                                  CS/HJR 4553, First Engrossed/ntc



  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         (4)  Net proceeds from bonds issued pursuant to this

14  section shall be distributed in the following manner:

15  Sixty-six and two-thirds percent to the purposes described in

16  (a)(1) and (a)(3); and Thirty-three and one-third percent to

17  the purposes described in (a)(2).

18         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

19  requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the

20  substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on the

21  ballot as follows:

22                           ARTICLE VII

23                       FINANCE AND TAXATION

24         Proposing the creation of Section 19 of Article VII of

25  the State Constitution to authorize issuance of bonds pledging

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

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

28  water, and related interests and resources for conservation,

29  recreation, restoration, resource development, historical

30  preservation, and postsecondary education system construction,

31  and for related capital improvements.


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