2 | House Joint Resolution |
3 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 3 of |
4 | Article XI of the State Constitution to limit the subject |
5 | matter of revisions and amendments to the State |
6 | Constitution proposed by initiative. |
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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 3 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 3. Initiative.-- |
17 | (a) The power to propose the revision or amendment of any |
18 | portion or portions of this constitution by initiative is |
19 | reserved to the people, provided that, any such revision or |
20 | amendment, except for those limiting the power of government to |
21 | raise revenue, shall embrace but one subject and matter directly |
22 | connected therewith. It may be invoked by filing with the |
23 | custodian of state records a petition containing a copy of the |
24 | proposed revision or amendment, signed by a number of electors |
25 | in each of one half of the congressional districts of the state, |
26 | and of the state as a whole, equal to eight percent of the votes |
27 | cast in each of such districts respectively and in the state as |
28 | a whole in the last preceding election in which presidential |
29 | electors were chosen. |
30 | (b) The subject matter of a revision or amendment to this |
31 | constitution proposed by initiative may not have as its purpose |
32 | any purpose that may be accomplished by general law. For |
33 | purposes of this subsection, a purpose that may not be |
34 | accomplished by general law includes, but is not limited to, a |
35 | purpose to increase or decrease constitutional limits on |
36 | governmental power. For purposes of this subsection, a purpose |
37 | that may be accomplished by general law includes, but is not |
38 | limited to, a purpose to direct the exercise of existing |
39 | governmental power. |
40 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the |
41 | amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows: |
42 | LIMITING SUBJECT MATTER OF INITIATIVE PROPOSALS |
43 | Proposes an amendment to Section 3 of Article XI of the |
44 | State Constitution to limit the subject matter of constitutional |
45 | revisions and amendments proposed by initiative; provides that |
46 | the subject matter of such a revision or amendment may not have |
47 | as its purpose any purpose that may be accomplished by general |
48 | law; provides that a purpose that may not be accomplished by |
49 | general law includes, but is not limited to, a purpose to |
50 | increase or decrease constitutional limits on governmental |
51 | power; provides that a purpose that may be accomplished by |
52 | general law includes, but is not limited to, a purpose to direct |
53 | the exercise of existing governmental power. |