| 1 | Representative Randolph offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 909 and 910, insert: |
| 5 | Section 17. Section 100.3705, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 100.3705 Legislation proposed by initiative.-- |
| 8 | (1) The power to propose legislation by initiative is |
| 9 | reserved to the people. The power may be invoked by filing a |
| 10 | petition with the chief elections officer of the state that |
| 11 | contains a copy of the proposed legislation, which petition is |
| 12 | signed by a number of electors in each of the congressional |
| 13 | districts of the state, and of the state as a whole, equal to 4 |
| 14 | percent of the votes cast in each of the districts respectively |
| 15 | and in the state as a whole in the last preceding election in |
| 16 | which presidential electors were chosen. |
| 17 | (2) Laws that provide for the number or assignment of |
| 18 | judges or the jurisdiction of courts, laws that the legislature |
| 19 | is prohibited from passing or must pass by an extraordinary |
| 20 | vote, and laws changing the boundaries of any municipality, |
| 21 | county, or special, legislative, or congressional district may |
| 22 | not be proposed by initiative. |
| 23 | (3) Legislation proposed by initiative must comply with |
| 24 | the requirements of the State Constitution applicable to laws |
| 25 | enacted by the Legislature with respect to single-subject |
| 26 | requirements and prohibition of amendment by reference. Laws |
| 27 | that are enacted by initiative shall be subject to the powers of |
| 28 | the Governor and the Legislature granted by the State |
| 29 | Constitution, as such powers apply to any law or legislation; |
| 30 | however, the Legislature may amend or repeal legislation |
| 31 | approved by vote of the electors under this section only by a |
| 32 | vote of two-thirds of the membership of each house of the |
| 33 | Legislature. The enacting clause of every law proposed by |
| 34 | initiative shall read: "Be It Enacted by the People of the State |
| 35 | of Florida by Initiative:". |
| 36 | (4) Legislation proposed by initiative shall be submitted |
| 37 | to the electors at the next general election held more than 90 |
| 38 | days after the initiative petition proposing it is filed with |
| 39 | the custodian of state records. The ballot must include a |
| 40 | statement expressing the chief purpose of the proposed |
| 41 | legislation, in clear and unambiguous language not exceeding 75 |
| 42 | words in length, and a statement of the economic impact of the |
| 43 | proposed legislation. If the legislation proposed by initiative |
| 44 | is approved by a majority of the electors voting in that |
| 45 | election, it shall be effective on the first day of July |
| 46 | following the next regular session of the Legislature held after |
| 47 | the general election at which the legislative initiative was |
| 48 | approved. |
| 49 | (5) The Legislature shall establish by general law, no |
| 50 | later than July 1, 2010, procedures to be used in invoking and |
| 51 | approving legislation proposed by initiative and for providing |
| 52 | sufficient prior public notice. |
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| 56 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 57 | Between lines 72 and 73, insert: |
| 58 | creating s. 100.3705, F.S.; providing a method for proposing |
| 59 | legislation by initiative petition; prohibiting the passage of |
| 60 | certain legislation by initiative; providing that legislation |
| 61 | proposed by initiative must comply with certain requirements of |
| 62 | the State Constitution; authorizing the Legislature to amend or |
| 63 | repeal such legislation by a two-thirds vote; providing |
| 64 | requirements for submission of such legislation to electors; |
| 65 | providing ballot statement and effective date requirements; |
| 66 | requiring that the Legislature establish procedures for invoking |
| 67 | and approving legislation proposed by initiative; |