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Florida Senate - 2005 SJR 6
By Senator King
8-3-05
1 Senate Joint Resolution No. ____
2 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to
3 Section 5 of Article XI of the State
4 Constitution; requiring that a proposed
5 amendment to or revision of the State
6 Constitution be approved by at least
7 three-fifths of the electors of the state
8 voting on the measure.
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10 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 That the following amendment to Section 5 of Article XI
13 of the State Constitution, as amended by Revision No. 2, 2004,
14 is agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of this
15 state for approval or rejection at the next general election
16 or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by
17 law for that purpose:
18 ARTICLE XI
19 AMENDMENTS
20 SECTION 5. Amendment or revision election.--
21 (a) A proposed amendment to or revision of this
22 constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the
23 electors at the next general election held more than ninety
24 days after the joint resolution or report of revision
25 commission, constitutional convention or taxation and budget
26 reform commission proposing it is filed with the custodian of
27 state records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by the
28 affirmative vote of three-fourths of the membership of each
29 house of the legislature and limited to a single amendment or
30 revision, it is submitted at an earlier special election held
31 more than ninety days after such filing.
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1 (b) A proposed amendment or revision of this
2 constitution, or any part of it, by initiative shall be
3 submitted to the electors at the general election provided the
4 initiative petition is filed with the custodian of state
5 records no later than February 1 of the year in which the
6 general election is held.
7 (c) The legislature shall provide by general law,
8 prior to the holding of an election pursuant to this section,
9 for the provision of a statement to the public regarding the
10 probable financial impact of any amendment proposed by
11 initiative pursuant to section 3.
12 (d) Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week
13 immediately preceding the week in which the election is held,
14 the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of
15 election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall
16 be published in one newspaper of general circulation in each
17 county in which a newspaper is published.
18 (e) If the proposed amendment or revision is approved
19 by vote of at least three-fifths of the electors voting on the
20 measure, it shall be effective as an amendment to or revision
21 of the constitution of the state on the first Tuesday after
22 the first Monday in January following the election, or on such
23 other date as may be specified in the amendment or revision.
24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
25 placed on the ballot:
26 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
27 ARTICLE XI, SECTION 5
28 APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS OR
29 REVISIONS.--Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution
30 to require that a proposed constitutional amendment or
31 revision be approved by at least three-fifths of the electors
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