| 1 | House Joint Resolution |
| 2 | A joint resolution proposing the creation of Section 19 of |
| 3 | Article VII of the State Constitution to require that the |
| 4 | use of public funds in aid of any professional sports |
| 5 | team, or to pay for a facility used or intended to be used |
| 6 | by a professional sports team or for a professional |
| 7 | sporting event, be approved by a vote of the electors of |
| 8 | the state or by the electors of the affected county, |
| 9 | school district, municipality, or special district and to |
| 10 | provide an exception for such payments authorized before a |
| 11 | specified date. |
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| 13 | Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | That the creation of Section 19 of Article VII of the State |
| 16 | Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be submitted |
| 17 | to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the |
| 18 | general election to be held in November 2006 or at an earlier |
| 19 | special election specifically authorized by law for that |
| 20 | purpose: |
| 21 | ARTICLE VII |
| 22 | FINANCE AND TAXATION |
| 23 | SECTION 19. Voter approval required for use of public |
| 24 | funds in support of professional sports.--No revenue of the |
| 25 | state or any county, school district, municipality, special |
| 26 | district, or agency thereof shall ever be taken from the public |
| 27 | treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any professional |
| 28 | sports team, or to pay for any facility used or intended to be |
| 29 | used by any professional sports team or for any professional |
| 30 | sporting event, unless approved by a vote of the electors of the |
| 31 | state or by the electors of the affected county, school |
| 32 | district, municipality, or special district. However, this |
| 33 | section does not prohibit the payment of funds for such purposes |
| 34 | if such payment was authorized before February 1, 2005. |
| 35 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the |
| 36 | amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows: |
| 37 | REQUIRING VOTER APPROVAL TO USE PUBLIC FUNDS |
| 38 | IN SUPPORT OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS |
| 39 | Proposes the creation of Section 19 of Article VII of the |
| 40 | State Constitution to prohibit the use of public funds to aid, |
| 41 | directly or indirectly, any professional sports team, or to pay |
| 42 | for any facility used or intended to be used by any professional |
| 43 | sports team or for any professional sporting event, unless |
| 44 | approved by a vote of the electors of the state or by the |
| 45 | electors of the affected county, school district, municipality, |
| 46 | or special district, and to exempt any such payment of funds |
| 47 | which was authorized before February 1, 2005. |