Senate Bill 2104

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 2104

    By Senator Webster





    12-1410-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to ballot statements and

  3         titles; amending s. 101.161, F.S.; providing an

  4         exception to ballot statement and title length

  5         requirements; providing an effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 101.161, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         101.161  Referenda; ballots.--

12         (1)  Whenever a constitutional amendment or other

13  public measure is submitted to the vote of the people, the

14  substance of such amendment or other public measure shall be

15  printed in clear and unambiguous language on the ballot after

16  the list of candidates, followed by the word "yes" and also by

17  the word "no," and shall be styled in such a manner that a

18  "yes" vote will indicate approval of the proposal and a "no"

19  vote will indicate rejection.  The wording of the substance of

20  the amendment or other public measure and the ballot title to

21  appear on the ballot shall be embodied in the joint

22  resolution, constitutional revision commission proposal,

23  constitutional convention proposal, taxation and budget reform

24  commission proposal, or enabling resolution or ordinance.

25  Except for amendments and ballot language proposed by joint

26  resolution, the substance of the amendment or other public

27  measure shall be an explanatory statement, not exceeding 75

28  words in length, of the chief purpose of the measure.  The

29  ballot title shall consist of a caption, not exceeding 15

30  words in length, by which the measure is commonly referred to

31  or spoken of.

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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 2104
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  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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  4                          SENATE SUMMARY

  5    Provides an exemption to ballot statement and title
      length requirements for constitutional amendments
  6    proposed by joint resolution.

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