Senate Bill sb1672

    Florida Senate - 2003                                 SJR 1672

    By Senator Posey





    24-1076-03

  1                 Senate Joint Resolution No. ____

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 5 of Article XI of the State

  4         Constitution relating to the 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 following amendment to Section 5 of Article XI

10  of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted

11  to the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the

12  next general election or at an earlier special election

13  specifically authorized by law for that purpose:

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

20  days after the joint resolution, initiative petition or report

21  of revision commission, constitutional convention or taxation

22  and 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

25  each house of the legislature and limited to a single

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

27  election held more than ninety days after such filing.

28         (b)  The legislature shall provide by general law,

29  prior to the holding of an election pursuant to this section,

30  for the provision of a statement to the public regarding the

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                 SJR 1672
    24-1076-03




  1  probable financial impact of any amendment proposed by

  2  initiative pursuant to section 3.

  3         (c)  Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week

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

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

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

  7  be published in one newspaper of general circulation in each

  8  county in which a newspaper is published.

  9         (d)  If the proposed amendment or revision is approved

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

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

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

13  the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following

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

15  amendment or revision.

16         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following amendment be

17  placed on the ballot:

18                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

19                      ARTICLE XI, SECTION 5

20         APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.--Proposing an

21  amendment to the State Constitution to require approval by

22  two-thirds, rather than a simple majority, of the electors

23  voting on a proposed constitutional amendment.

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