HJR 1097 2003
1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 5 of
3	Article XI of the State Constitution to increase the votes
4	required for ratification of an amendment to the State
5	Constitution.
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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 State
10	Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be submitted
11	to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the
12	general election to be held in November 2004:
13	ARTICLE XI
14	AMENDMENTS
15	SECTION 5. Amendment or revision election.--
16	(a) A proposed amendment to or revision of this
17	constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the
18	electors at the next general election held more than ninety days
19	after the joint resolution, initiative petition or report of
20	revision commission, constitutional convention or taxation and
21	budget reform commission proposing it is filed with the
22	custodian of state records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by
23	the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the membership of each
24	house of the legislature and limited to a single amendment or
25	revision, it is submitted at an earlier special election held
26	more than ninety days after such filing.
27	(b) The legislature shall provide by general law, prior to
28	the holding of an election pursuant to this section, for the
29	provision of a statement to the public regarding the probable
30	financial impact of any amendment proposed by initiative
31	pursuant to section 3.
32	(c) Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week
33	immediately preceding the week in which the election is held,
34	the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of
35	election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall be
36	published in one newspaper of general circulation in each county
37	in which a newspaper is published.
38	(d) If the proposed amendment or revision is approved by
39	the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the electors voting in the
40	election, it shall be effective as an amendment to or revision
41	of the constitution of the state and shall take effecton the
42	first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following the
43	election, or on such other date as may be specified in the
44	amendment or revision.
45	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the
46	amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows:
47	INCREASED VOTE FOR RATIFICATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
48	Proposes an amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the
49	State Constitution to increase the vote required by the voters
50	to ratify an amendment to the State Constitution from a majority
51	to two-thirds of those voting in the election.