Senate Bill 2610

    Florida Senate - 1999                                 SJR 2610

    By Senator King





    8-1858-99

  1                 Senate Joint Resolution No.     

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 5 of Article XI of the State

  4         Constitution, relating to amendment and

  5         revision elections, to revise the number of

  6         electors required to ratify a proposed

  7         constitutional amendment.

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

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11         That the following amendment to Section 5 of Article I

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

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

14  next general election or at an earlier special election

15  specifically authorized by law for that purpose:

16                            ARTICLE XI

17                            AMENDMENTS

18         SECTION 5.  Amendment or revision election.--

19         (a)  A proposed amendment to or revision of this

20  constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the

21  electors at the next general election held more than ninety

22  days after the joint resolution, initiative petition or report

23  of revision commission, constitutional convention or taxation

24  and budget reform commission proposing it is filed with the

25  custodian of state records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by

26  the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the membership of

27  each house of the legislature and limited to a single

28  amendment or revision, it is submitted at an earlier special

29  election held more than ninety days after such filing.

30         (b)  Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week

31  immediately preceding the week in which the election is held,

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                 SJR 2610
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  1  the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of

  2  election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall

  3  be published in one newspaper of general circulation in each

  4  county in which a newspaper is published.

  5         (c)  If the proposed amendment or revision is approved

  6  by vote of the electors, it shall be effective as an amendment

  7  to or revision of the constitution of the state on the first

  8  Tuesday after the first Monday in January following the

  9  election, or on such other date as may be specified in the

10  amendment or revision.

11         (d)  An amendment is not approved unless a majority of

12  those electors voting in the election at which it is submitted

13  for approval or rejection vote for approval.

14         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

15  placed on the ballot:

16                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

17                      ARTICLE XI, SECTION 5

18         AMENDMENT RATIFICATION ELECTION; VOTE

19  REQUIRED.--Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to

20  require a majority of those voting in an election at which a

21  proposed constitutional amendment is submitted to the electors

22  to vote to approve the amendment in order for it to become

23  effective.

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