HJR 0239 2004
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 a
4	proposed amendment to or revision of the State
5	Constitution be approved by vote of 60 percent of the
6	voters of the state and 60 percent of the voters in each
7	of the congressional districts of the state voting on the
8	amendment or revision.
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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 5 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 5. Amendment or revision election.--
19	(a) A proposed amendment to or revision of this
20	constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the
21	electors at the next general election held more than ninety days
22	after the joint resolution, initiative petition or report of
23	revision commission, constitutional convention or taxation and
24	budget reform commission proposing it is filed with the
25	custodian of state records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by
26	the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the membership of each
27	house of the legislature and limited to a single amendment or
28	revision, it is submitted at an earlier special election held
29	more than ninety days after such filing.
30	(b) The legislature shall provide by general law, prior to
31	the holding of an election pursuant to this section, for the
32	provision of a statement to the public regarding the probable
33	financial impact of any amendment proposed by initiative
34	pursuant to section 3.
35	(c) Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week
36	immediately preceding the week in which the election is held,
37	the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of
38	election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall be
39	published in one newspaper of general circulation in each county
40	in which a newspaper is published.
41	(d) If the proposed amendment or revision is approved by
42	vote of 60 percent of the electors of the state and 60 percent
43	of the electors in each of the congressional districts of the
44	state voting on the amendment or revision, it shall be effective
45	as an amendment to or revision of the constitution of the state
46	on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following
47	the election, or on such other date as may be specified in the
48	amendment or revision.
49	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the
50	amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows:
51	VOTE REQUIRED TO AMEND OR REVISE STATE CONSTITUTION
52	Proposes an amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the
53	State Constitution to require that a proposed amendment to or
54	revision of the State Constitution be approved by 60 percent of
55	the voters of the state and 60 percent of the voters in each of
56	the congressional districts of the state voting on the amendment
57	or revision.