HB 1723CS

CHAMBER ACTION




1The Justice Council recommends the following:
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3     Council/Committee Substitute
4     Remove the entire bill and insert:
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House Joint Resolution
6A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 5 of
7Article XI of the State Constitution to require that any
8proposed amendment to or revision of the State
9Constitution be approved by at least 60 percent of the
10electors voting on the measure.
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12Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14     That the amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the State
15Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be submitted
16to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the
17general election to be held in November 2006:
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ARTICLE XI
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AMENDMENTS
20     SECTION 5.  Amendment or revision election.--
21     (a)  A proposed amendment to or revision of this
22constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the
23electors at the next general election held more than ninety days
24after the joint resolution or report of revision commission,
25constitutional convention or taxation and budget reform
26commission proposing it is filed with the custodian of state
27records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by the affirmative vote
28of three-fourths of the membership of each house of the
29legislature and limited to a single amendment or revision, it is
30submitted at an earlier special election held more than ninety
31days after such filing.
32     (b)  A proposed amendment or revision of this constitution,
33or any part of it, by initiative shall be submitted to the
34electors at the general election provided the initiative
35petition is filed with the custodian of state records no later
36than February 1 of the year in which the general election is
37held.
38     (c)  The legislature shall provide by general law, prior to
39the holding of an election pursuant to this section, for the
40provision of a statement to the public regarding the probable
41financial impact of any amendment proposed by initiative
42pursuant to section 3.
43     (d)  Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week
44immediately preceding the week in which the election is held,
45the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of
46election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall be
47published in one newspaper of general circulation in each county
48in which a newspaper is published.
49     (e)  Unless otherwise specifically provided for elsewhere
50in this constitution, if the proposed amendment or revision is
51approved by vote of at least sixty percent of the electors
52voting on the measure, it shall be effective as an amendment to
53or revision of the constitution of the state on the first
54Tuesday after the first Monday in January following the
55election, or on such other date as may be specified in the
56amendment or revision.
57     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the
58amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows:
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REQUIRING BROADER PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS
61     Proposes an amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the
62State Constitution to require that any proposed amendment to or
63revision of the State Constitution, whether proposed by the
64Legislature, by initiative, or by any other method, must be
65approved by at least 60 percent of the voters of the state
66voting on the measure, rather than by a simple majority.


CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.