Senate Bill sb0026

    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SJR 26

    By Senator King





    8-3-06

  1                     Senate Joint Resolution

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 3 of Article XI of the State

  4         Constitution, relating to the type of amendment

  5         or revision which may be proposed by citizen

  6         initiative.

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  8  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         That the following amendment to Section 3 of Article XI

11  of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted

12  to the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the

13  next general election or at an earlier special election

14  specifically authorized by law for that purpose:

15                            ARTICLE XI

16                            AMENDMENTS

17         SECTION 3.  Initiative.--

18         (a)  The power to propose the revision or amendment of

19  any portion or portions of this constitution by initiative is

20  reserved to the people, provided that, any such revision or

21  amendment, except for those limiting the power of government

22  to raise revenue, shall embrace but one subject and matter

23  directly connected therewith. The amendment or revision must

24  also:

25         (1)  amend an existing article of this constitution on

26  the same subject and matter, except that any proposed

27  amendment or revision of Article X must amend or repeal an

28  existing section of that article on the same subject and

29  matter;

30         (2)  address a basic or fundamental right of a citizen

31  of this state; or

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SJR 26
    8-3-06




 1         (3)  change the basic structure of state government as

 2  established in Article II, Article III, Article IV, or Article

 3  V of this constitution.

 4         (b)  The initiative power It may be invoked by filing

 5  with the custodian of state records a petition containing a

 6  copy of the proposed revision or amendment, signed by a number

 7  of electors in each of one half of the congressional districts

 8  of the state, and of the state as a whole, equal to eight

 9  percent of the votes cast in each of such districts

10  respectively and in the state as a whole in the last preceding

11  election in which presidential electors were chosen.

12         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

13  placed on the ballot:

14                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

15                      ARTICLE XI, SECTION 3

16         CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS PROPOSED BY

17  INITIATIVE.--Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution

18  to require that a constitutional amendment or revision

19  proposed by initiative amend an existing article of this

20  constitution on the same subject and matter, except that any

21  proposed amendment or revision of Article X must amend or

22  repeal an existing section of that article on the same subject

23  and matter; address a basic or fundamental right of a citizen

24  of this state; or change the basic structure of state

25  government as established in Article II, Article III, Article

26  IV, or Article V.

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