Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SJR 1918
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11 Senators Webster, Campbell, and Klein moved the following
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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19 SECTION 10. Attorney General.--
20 (a) The attorney general shall, as directed by general
21 law, request the opinion of the justices of the supreme court
22 as to the validity of any initiative petition circulated
23 pursuant to Article XI, section 3 of Article XI. The justices
24 shall, subject to their rules of procedure, permit interested
25 persons to be heard on the questions presented and shall
26 render their written opinion no later than April 1 of the year
27 in which the initiative is to be submitted to the voters
28 pursuant to Article XI, section 5 of Article XI.
29 (b) The attorney general shall, if directed by general
30 law, request the opinion of the justices of the supreme court
31 as to the validity of any statutory initiative pursuant to
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Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SJR 1918
Barcode 102388
1 Article III, section 20. The justices shall, subject to their
2 rules of procedure, permit interested persons to be heard on
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7 And the title is amended as follows:
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11 to require the attorney general, if directed by
12 law, to request an advisory opinion from the
13 Supreme Court on the validity of a statutory
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