Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HJR 1569, 1st Eng.
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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
14         Delete everything after the resolving clause
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16  and insert:  
17         That the following amendment to Section 6 of Article X
18  of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be su
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 X
23                          MISCELLANEOUS
24         SECTION 6.  Eminent domain.--
25         (a)  No private property shall be taken except for a
26  public purpose and with full compensation therefor paid to
27  each owner or secured by deposit in the registry of the court
28  and available to the owner.
29         (b)  Provision may be made by law for the taking of
30  easements, by like proceedings, for the drainage of the land
31  of one person over or through the land of another.
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Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. HJR 1569, 1st Eng. Barcode 965072 1 (c) Private property taken by eminent domain pursuant 2 to a petition to initiate condemnation proceedings filed on or 3 after January 2, 2007, may not be conveyed to a natural person 4 or private entity except as provided by general law passed by 5 a three-fifths vote of the membership of each house of the 6 Legislature. 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be 8 placed on the ballot: 9 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 10 ARTICLE X, SECTION 6 11 EMINENT DOMAIN.--Proposing an amendment to the State 12 Constitution to prohibit the transfer of private property 13 taken by eminent domain to a natural person or private entity; 14 providing that the Legislature may by general law passed by a 15 three-fifths vote of the membership of each house of the 16 Legislature permit exceptions allowing the transfer of such 17 private property; and providing that this prohibition on the 18 transfer of private property taken by eminent domain is 19 applicable if the petition of taking that initiated the 20 condemnation proceeding was filed on or after January 2, 2007. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 11:56 AM 05/04/06 h156902e1b-seg1-tu8