HJR 0437 2003
1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 3 of
3	Article XI of the State Constitution to make optional the
4	implementation by the Legislature of constitutional
5	amendments proposed by initiative, including those which
6	were previously adopted, which require an increase in
7	taxes or which the Legislature determines would adversely
8	affect other state priorities.
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10	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	That the amendment to Section 3 of Article XI of the State
13	Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be submitted
14	to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the
15	general election to be held in November 2004:
16	ARTICLE XI
17	AMENDMENTS
18	SECTION 3. Initiative.--The power to propose the revision
19	or amendment of any portion or portions of this constitution by
20	initiative is reserved to the people, provided that, any such
21	revision or amendment, except for those limiting the power of
22	government to raise revenue, shall embrace but one subject and
23	matter directly connected therewith. It may be invoked by filing
24	with the custodian of state records a petition containing a copy
25	of the proposed revision or amendment, signed by a number of
26	electors in each of one half of the congressional districts of
27	the state, and of the state as a whole, equal to eight percent
28	of the votes cast in each of such districts respectively and in
29	the state as a whole in the last preceding election in which
30	presidential electors were chosen.Amendments adopted, or which
31	have previously been adopted, pursuant to this section must be
32	implemented by the Legislature only to the extent the amendment
33	does not require the imposition of taxes and the Legislature
34	determines that the implementation will not adversely affect
35	other state priorities. Nothing herein shall be interpreted as
36	prohibiting the Legislature from implementing such amendments or
37	portions thereof.
38	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the
39	amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows:
40	BALANCING FISCAL PRIORITIES
41	Proposes an amendment to Section 3 of Article XI of the
42	State Constitution to provide that the Legislature shall only be
43	required to implement a constitutional amendment proposed by
44	initiative or to continue to implement a constitutional
45	amendment previously adopted through the initiative process if
46	the amendment does not require an increase in taxes and the
47	Legislature determines that implementation will not adversely
48	affect the implementation of other state priorities.
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