1 | Representative Pickens offered the following: |
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3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
4 | Remove everything after the resolving clause and insert: |
5 | That the amendment to Section 3 of Article XI of the State |
6 | Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be submitted |
7 | to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the |
8 | general election to be held in November 2004: |
9 | ARTICLE XI |
10 | AMENDMENTS |
11 | SECTION 3. Initiative.-- |
12 | (a) The power to propose the revision or amendment of any |
13 | portion or portions of this constitution by initiative is |
14 | reserved to the people, provided that, any such revision or |
15 | amendment, except for those limiting the power of government to |
16 | raise revenue, shall embrace but one subject and matter directly |
17 | connected therewith. It may be invoked by filing with the |
18 | custodian of state records a petition containing a copy of the |
19 | proposed revision or amendment, signed by a number of electors |
20 | in each of one half of the congressional districts of the state, |
21 | and of the state as a whole, equal to eight percent of the votes |
22 | cast in each of such districts respectively and in the state as |
23 | a whole in the last preceding election in which presidential |
24 | electors were chosen. |
25 | (b) The subject matter of a revision or amendment to this |
26 | constitution proposed by initiative may not have as its purpose |
27 | any purpose that may be accomplished by general law. For |
28 | purposes of this subsection, a purpose that may not be |
29 | accomplished by general law includes, but is not limited to, a |
30 | purpose to increase or decrease constitutional limits on |
31 | governmental power. For purposes of this subsection, a purpose |
32 | that may be accomplished by general law includes, but is not |
33 | limited to, a purpose to direct the exercise of existing |
34 | governmental power. |
35 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the |
36 | amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows: |
37 | LIMITING SUBJECT MATTER OF INITIATIVE PROPOSALS |
38 | Proposes an amendment to Section 3 of Article XI of the |
39 | State Constitution to limit the subject matter of constitutional |
40 | revisions and amendments proposed by initiative; provides that |
41 | the subject matter of such a revision or amendment may not have |
42 | as its purpose any purpose that may be accomplished by general |
43 | law; provides that a purpose that may not be accomplished by |
44 | general law includes, but is not limited to, a purpose to |
45 | increase or decrease constitutional limits on governmental |
46 | power; provides that a purpose that may be accomplished by |
47 | general law includes, but is not limited to, a purpose to direct |
48 | the exercise of existing governmental power. |
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50 | ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================= |
51 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
52 | Senate Joint Resolution No. 2396 |
53 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 3 of |
54 | Article XI of the State Constitution to limit the subject |
55 | matter of revisions and amendments to the State |
56 | Constitution proposed by initiative. |