Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11 Senator King moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 That the following amendment to Section 3 of Article XI
18 of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted
19 to the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the
20 next general election or at an earlier special election
21 specifically authorized by law for that purpose:
22 ARTICLE XI
23 AMENDMENTS
24 SECTION 3. Initiative.--
25 (a) The power to propose the revision or amendment of
26 any portion or portions of this constitution by initiative is
27 reserved to the people, provided that, any such revision or
28 amendment, except for those limiting the power of government
29 to raise revenue, shall embrace but one subject and matter
30 directly connected therewith. The amendment or revision must
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1 (1) amend an existing article of this constitution on
2 the same subject and matter, except that any proposed
3 amendment or revision of Article X must amend or repeal an
4 existing section of that article on the same subject and
5 matter;
6 (2) address a basic or fundamental right of a citizen
7 of this state; or
8 (3) change the basic structure of state government as
9 established in Article II, Article III, Article IV, or Article
10 V of this constitution, except that no revision or amendment
11 shall deprive the branches of government of any existing
12 powers granted in these articles.
13 (b) The initiative power It may be invoked by filing
14 with the custodian of state records a petition containing a
15 copy of the proposed revision or amendment, signed by a number
16 of electors in each of one half of the congressional districts
17 of the state, and of the state as a whole, equal to eight
18 percent of the votes cast in each of such districts
19 respectively and in the state as a whole in the last preceding
20 election in which presidential electors were chosen.
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
22 placed on the ballot:
23 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
24 ARTICLE XI, SECTION 3
25 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS PROPOSED BY
26 INITIATIVE.--Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution
27 to require that a constitutional amendment or revision
28 proposed by initiative amend an existing article of this
29 constitution on the same subject and matter, except that any
30 proposed amendment or revision of Article X must amend or
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1 and matter; address a basic or fundamental right of a citizen
2 of this state; or change the basic structure of state
3 government as established in Article II, Article III, Article
4 IV, or Article V except that no revision or amendment may
5 deprive the branches of government of any existing powers
6 granted in these articles.
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10 And the title is amended as follows:
11 Delete everything before the resolving clause
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14 Senate Joint Resolution No. 4
15 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to
16 Section 3 of Article XI of the State
17 Constitution, relating to the type of amendment
18 or revision which may be proposed by citizen
19 initiative.
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