HJR 1109 2003
1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 5 of
3	Article XI of the State Constitution to require that
4	constitutional amendments be approved by a majority of the
5	voters in a majority of the counties, as well as by a
6	majority of the voters in the state.
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8	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	That the amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the State
11	Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be submitted
12	to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the
13	general election to be held in November 2004:
14	ARTICLE XI
15	AMENDMENTS
16	SECTION 5. Amendment or revision election.--
17	(a) A proposed amendment to or revision of this
18	constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the
19	electors at the next general election held more than ninety days
20	after the joint resolution, initiative petition or report of
21	revision commission, constitutional convention or taxation and
22	budget reform commission proposing it is filed with the
23	custodian of state records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by
24	the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the membership of each
25	house of the legislature and limited to a single amendment or
26	revision, it is submitted at an earlier special election held
27	more than ninety days after such filing.
28	(b) The legislature shall provide by general law, prior to
29	the holding of an election pursuant to this section, for the
30	provision of a statement to the public regarding the probable
31	financial impact of any amendment proposed by initiative
32	pursuant to section 3.
33	(c) Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week
34	immediately preceding the week in which the election is held,
35	the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of
36	election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall be
37	published in one newspaper of general circulation in each county
38	in which a newspaper is published.
39	(d) If the proposed amendment or revision is approved by
40	vote of a majority of the electors of the state and by a
41	majority of the electors in each of a majority of the counties
42	of the state, it shall be effective as an amendment to or
43	revision of the constitution of the state on the first Tuesday
44	after the first Monday in January following the election, or on
45	such other date as may be specified in the amendment or
46	revision.
47	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the
48	amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows:
49	VOTE REQUIRED FOR ADOPTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
50	Proposes an amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the
51	State Constitution to require that constitutional amendments be
52	approved by a majority of the voters in a majority of the
53	counties, as well as by a majority of the voters in the state.