House Bill hb0765e1

                                      HJR 765, First Engrossed/ntc



  1                      House Joint Resolution

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 7 of Article III of the State

  4         Constitution, relating to the passage of bills

  5         by the Legislature, to require a specified

  6         review period for proposed legislation prior to

  7         final passage.

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

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11         That the amendment to Section 7 of Article III of the

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

13  submitted to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection

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

15         SECTION 7.  Passage of bills.--Any bill may originate

16  in either house and after passage in one may be amended in the

17  other. It shall be read in each house on three separate days,

18  unless this rule is waived by two-thirds vote; provided the

19  publication of its title in the journal of a house shall

20  satisfy the requirement for the first reading in that house.

21  On each reading, it shall be read by title only, unless

22  one-third of the members present desire it read in full. With

23  the exception of general appropriation bills, including

24  conference reports therefor, subject to the seventy-two hour

25  public review period pursuant to Section 19 of this Article,

26  and with the exception of concurrent resolutions or

27  resolutions relating to extension of a session or legislative

28  organization or procedures, all bills, joint resolutions,

29  concurrent resolutions, resolutions, memorials, and conference

30  reports shall be furnished in their final form to each member

31  of the house hearing the measure at least forty-eight hours


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                                      HJR 765, First Engrossed/ntc



  1  prior to final passage by that house of the legislature. For

  2  purposes of the forty-eight hour period, the term "final form"

  3  does not prohibit correction by technical, nonsubstantive

  4  amendment. On final passage, the vote of each member voting

  5  shall be entered on the journal. Passage of a bill shall

  6  require a majority vote in each house. Each bill and joint

  7  resolution passed in both houses shall be signed by the

  8  presiding officers of the respective houses and by the

  9  secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of

10  representatives during the session or as soon as practicable

11  after its adjournment sine die.

12         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

13  requirements of s. 101.161, Florida Statutes, the title and

14  substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on the

15  ballot as follows:

16              REVIEW PERIOD FOR PROPOSED LEGISLATION

17                 BEFORE FINAL PASSAGE; EXEMPTIONS

18         Requires all bills, joint resolutions, concurrent

19  resolutions, resolutions, memorials, and conference reports to

20  be furnished in their final form, subject to technical,

21  nonsubstantive amendments, to each member of the house hearing

22  the measure at least forty-eight hours prior to final passage

23  by that house of the Legislature.  Exempts all general

24  appropriation bills and their conference reports, which are

25  subject to a separate seventy-two hour public review period

26  under the State Constitution, and exempts concurrent

27  resolutions or resolutions relating to extension of a session

28  or legislative organization or procedures.

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