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By the Committee on Appropriations and Senators Burt and
Rossin
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1 Senate Joint Resolution No. ____
2 A joint resolution proposing the creation of
3 Section 20 of Article X of the State
4 Constitution, relating to miscellaneous
5 matters, to prescribe the use of moneys in the
6 Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund.
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8 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 That the following creation of Section 20 of Article X
11 of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted
12 to the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the
13 next general election or at an earlier special election
14 specifically authorized by law for that purpose:
15 ARTICLE X
16 MISCELLANEOUS
17 SECTION 20. Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund.--
18 (a) There is created the Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund
19 to provide a perpetual source of funding for the future of
20 state children's health programs, child welfare programs,
21 community-based health and human services initiatives, and
22 biomedical research activities. The principal of the endowment
23 fund, composed of moneys received from the tobacco industry to
24 mitigate the impact of the use of tobacco on Florida
25 residents, shall not be appropriated by the Legislature except
26 as provided by this section. The annual capital gains and
27 investment income of the Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund may be
28 appropriated, in accordance with general law, by the
29 legislature in a separate act and shall be approved by a
30 two-thirds vote of the membership of each house. This
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1 appropriation shall not supplant current state or federal
2 funds.
3 (b) In an emergency declared by the legislature, no
4 more than 10 percent of the principal of the endowment fund
5 may be appropriated by the legislature in any fiscal year for
6 state children's health programs; child welfare programs; and
7 community-based health and human services. Such appropriation
8 shall be in a separate act and be approved by a two-thirds
9 vote of the membership of each house.
10 (c) For purposes of this section, the term "emergency"
11 means a set of conditions which was unforeseen and which must
12 be corrected in order to continue an operation of government,
13 or a set of conditions which constitutes an imminent threat to
14 public health, safety, or welfare. The emergency must relate
15 to one of the following areas: state children's health
16 programs; child welfare programs; or community-based health
17 and human services.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
19 placed on the ballot:
20 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
21 ARTICLE X, SECTION 20
22 USE OF FUNDS IN THE LAWTON CHILES ENDOWMENT
23 FUND.--Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to
24 authorize the legislature to appropriate the investment income
25 from the Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund as provided by general
26 law and to limit the use of the principal of the endowment
27 fund to emergencies that relate to children's health or
28 welfare programs or community-based health and human services.
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1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
2 SJR 2236
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4 Requires that a separate act be approved by a two-thirds vote
of the membership of each house in order to appropriate the
5 annual capital gains and investment income of the Lawton
Chiles Endowment Fund. Specifies that the appropriation shall
6 not supplant current state or federal funds.
7 Removes biomedical research activities from the available
programs to which up to 10 percent of the principal of the
8 fund may be appropriated should an emergency be declared by
the Legislature. Requires such appropriation to be made by a
9 two-thirds vote of the membership of each house.
10 Removes biomedical research activities from the areas which
must relate to the emergency.
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