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House Bill 0877




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HJR 877

        By Representative Logan






  1                      House Joint Resolution

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 22 of Article I of the State

  4         Constitution relating to trial by jury.

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

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  8         That the amendment to Section 22 of Article I of the

  9  State Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be

10  submitted to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection

11  at the general election to be held in November 1998:

12         SECTION 22.  Trial by jury.--The right of trial by jury

13  shall be secure to all, except in cases of a contested

14  paternity action, and shall remain inviolate.  The

15  qualifications and the number of jurors, not fewer than six,

16  shall be fixed by law.

17         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

18  requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the title

19  and substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on

20  the ballot as follows:

21                     LIMITS ON TRIAL BY JURY

22         Proposing an amendment to Section 22 of Article I of

23  the State Constitution eliminating the right to a trial by

24  jury in the case of a contested paternity action.

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