Senate Bill sb0006c1

    Florida Senate - 2005                             CS for SJR 6

    By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senators King, Smith,
    Fasano, Haridopolos and Atwater




    590-1859-05

  1                  Senate Joint Resolution No. 6

  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 sixty

  7         percent of the electors of the state voting on

  8         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 sixty percent of the electors voting on

20  the measure, it shall be effective as an amendment to or

21  revision of the constitution of the state on the first Tuesday

22  after the first Monday in January following the election, or

23  on such other date as may be specified in the amendment or

24  revision.

25         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

26  placed on the ballot:

27                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

28                      ARTICLE XI, SECTION 5

29         APPROVAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS OR

30  REVISIONS.--Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution

31  to require that a proposed constitutional amendment or

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 1  revision be approved by at least sixty percent of the electors

 2  of the state voting on the measure rather than by a simple

 3  majority.

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 5          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 6                    Senate Joint Resolution 6

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 8  The committee substitute makes the following changes to the
    underlying joint resolution:
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    --   Adds the number "6" to the title of the underlying joint
10       resolution, thereby designating the joint resolution as
         Senate Joint Resolution No. 6; and
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    --   Replaces the three-fifths approval threshold for the
12       adoption of constitutional amendments with a 60-percent
         approval threshold.
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