Senate Bill sb1176

    Florida Senate - 2001                                 SJR 1176

    By Senator Horne





    6-944-01                                                See HB

  1                Senate Joint Resolution No. _____

  2         A joint resolution proposing a revision of

  3         Article XI, Section 5 of the State Constitution

  4         to require the Legislature to provide by

  5         general law for the provision of an economic

  6         impact statement of each proposed amendment or

  7         revision to the State Constitution prior to its

  8         adoption by the voters of the state.

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

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12         That the following amendment to Section 5 of Article XI

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

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

15  next general election or at an earlier special election

16  specifically authorized by law for that purpose:

17                            ARTICLE XI

18                            AMENDMENTS

19         SECTION 5.  Amendment or revision election.--

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

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

22  electors at the next general election held more than ninety

23  days after the joint resolution, initiative petition or report

24  of revision commission, constitutional convention or taxation

25  and budget reform commission proposing it is filed with the

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

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

28  each house of the legislature and limited to a single

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

30  election held more than ninety days after such filing.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                 SJR 1176
    6-944-01                                                See HB




  1         (b)  The legislature shall provide by general law,

  2  prior to the holding of an election pursuant to this section,

  3  for the provision of a statement to the public regarding the

  4  probable financial impact of any proposed revision or

  5  amendment.

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

  7  week immediately preceding the week in which the election is

  8  held, the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the

  9  date of election at which it will be submitted to the

10  electors, shall be published in one newspaper of general

11  circulation in each county in which a newspaper is published.

12         (d)(c)  If the proposed amendment or revision is

13  approved by vote of the electors, it shall be effective as an

14  amendment to or revision of the constitution of the state on

15  the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following

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

17  amendment or revision.

18         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

19  placed on the ballot:

20         ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL

21  AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS.--Proposing an amendment to the State

22  Constitution to require the Legislature to provide by general

23  law for the provision of an economic impact statement to the

24  public prior to the public voting on an amendment or revision

25  of the State Constitution.

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