Senate Bill sb0240

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SJR 240

    By Senator Saunders





    37-112-03

  1                 Senate Joint Resolution No. ___

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 2 of Article I of the State

  4         Constitution, relating to basic rights.

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

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  8         That the following amendment to Section 2 of Article I

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

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

11  next general election or at an earlier special election

12  specifically authorized by law for that purpose:

13                            ARTICLE I

14                      DECLARATION OF RIGHTS

15         SECTION 2.  Basic rights.--All natural persons, female

16  and male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable

17  rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and

18  liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and

19  to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the

20  ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real

21  property by aliens ineligible for citizenship may be regulated

22  or prohibited by law.  No person shall be deprived of any

23  right because of race, religion, national origin, or physical

24  disability.

25         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

26  placed on the ballot:

27                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

28                       ARTICLE I, SECTION 2

29         GUARANTEE OF RIGHTS.--Proposing an amendment to the

30  State Constitution to prohibit depriving a person of any right

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