Senate Bill sb1292

    Florida Senate - 2005                                 SJR 1292

    By Senator Bennett





    21-1119-05

  1                 Senate Joint Resolution No. ____

  2         A joint resolution proposing the creation of

  3         Section 19 of Article VII of the State

  4         Constitution; requiring that the use of public

  5         funds in aid of any professional sports team,

  6         or to pay for a facility used or intended to be

  7         used by a professional sports team or for a

  8         professional sporting event, be approved by a

  9         vote of the electors of the state or by the

10         electors of the affected county, school

11         district, municipality, or special district;

12         providing an exception for such payments

13         authorized before a specified date.

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

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17         That the following creation of Section 19 of Article

18  VII of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be

19  submitted to the electors of this state for approval or

20  rejection at the next general election or at an earlier

21  special election specifically authorized by law for that

22  purpose:

23                           ARTICLE VII

24                       FINANCE AND TAXATION

25         SECTION 19.  VOTER APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR PROFESSIONAL

26  SPORTS FACILITIES.--No revenue of the state or any county,

27  school district, municipality, special district, or agency

28  thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly

29  or indirectly in aid of any professional sports team, or to

30  pay for any facility used or intended to be used by any

31  professional sports team or for any professional sporting

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                 SJR 1292
    21-1119-05




 1  event, unless approved by a vote of the electors of the state

 2  or by the electors of the affected county, school district,

 3  municipality, or special district. However, this section does

 4  not prohibit the payment of funds for such purposes if such

 5  payment was authorized before February 1, 2005.

 6         BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

 7  placed on the ballot:

 8                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 9                     ARTICLE VII, SECTION 19

10         VOTER APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC MONEYS TO BE USED IN

11  SUPPORT OF A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM, SPORTS FACILITY, OR

12  SPORTING EVENT.--Proposing an amendment to the State

13  Constitution to prohibit the use of public funds to aid,

14  directly or indirectly, any professional sports team, or to

15  pay for any facility used or intended to be used by any

16  professional sports team or for any professional sporting

17  event, unless approved by a vote of the electors of the state

18  or by the electors of the affected county, school district,

19  municipality, or special district, and to exempt any such

20  payment of funds which was authorized before February 1, 2005.

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