House Bill hb0825

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HJR 825

        By Representative Gardiner






  1                      House Joint Resolution

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 5 of Article XI of the State

  4         Constitution relating to approval of

  5         constitutional amendments.

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

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  9         That the amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the

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

11  submitted to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection

12  at the general election to be held in November 2002:

13         SECTION 5.  Amendment or revision election.--

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

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

16  electors at the next general election held more than ninety

17  days after the joint resolution, initiative petition or report

18  of revision commission, constitutional convention or taxation

19  and budget reform commission proposing it is filed with the

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

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

22  each house of the legislature and limited to a single

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

24  election held more than ninety days after such filing.

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

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

27  the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of

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

29  be published in one newspaper of general circulation in each

30  county in which a newspaper is published.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HJR 825

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

  2  by vote of at least two-thirds of the electors voting on the

  3  proposed amendment or revision, it shall be effective as an

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

  5  the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following

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

  7  amendment or revision.

  8         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

  9  requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the title

10  and substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on

11  the ballot as follows:

12              APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

13         Requires approval by two-thirds, rather than a simple

14  majority, of the electors voting on a proposed constitutional

15  amendment.

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