| 1 | Representative(s) Simmons offered the following: |
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| 3 | Ballot Statement Amendment |
| 4 | ======= B A L L O T S T A T E M E N T A M E N D M E N T ====== |
| 5 | Remove lines 76-94 and insert: |
| 6 | TWO-THIRDS VOTE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS INCREASING |
| 7 | OR IMPOSING TAXES, FEES, OR A SIGNIFICANT FISCAL IMPACT |
| 8 | Proposes an amendment to Section 7 of Article XI of the |
| 9 | State Constitution to require approval by at least two-thirds of |
| 10 | the voters of the state voting in an election on any proposed |
| 11 | amendment or revision to the State Constitution imposing or |
| 12 | authorizing imposition of any new tax or fee, increasing or |
| 13 | authorizing an increase in any existing tax or fee, or imposing |
| 14 | a significant fiscal impact on the state, counties, school |
| 15 | districts, municipalities, or special districts, such proposal |
| 16 | to amend and expand the existing two-thirds vote requirement |
| 17 | adopted by Florida voters in 1996 but currently applying only to |
| 18 | proposed amendments that impose a new state tax or fee, all |
| 19 | other proposed amendments or revisions currently requiring |
| 20 | approval by only a simple majority of those voting on the |
| 21 | amendment or revision; to delete a provision limiting |
| 22 | application of such voting requirement to only state taxes or |
| 23 | fees; to extend the existing two-thirds vote requirement to |
| 24 | taxes and fees producing revenue for counties, municipalities, |
| 25 | school districts, and special districts rather than only the |
| 26 | state; to expand the definition of the term "new tax or fee" to |
| 27 | include revenue-producing exactions for counties, |
| 28 | municipalities, school districts, and special districts; and to |
| 29 | define the term "significant fiscal impact" to mean having a |
| 30 | collective annual fiscal impact on the state, counties, |
| 31 | municipalities, and special districts in the first state fiscal |
| 32 | year of full implementation of the proposed amendment or |
| 33 | revision in an amount greater than one-tenth of one percent of |
| 34 | the total state budget for the state fiscal year ending in the |
| 35 | year prior to the general election in which such proposed |
| 36 | amendment or revision is considered. |