HCR 8003

1	House Concurrent Resolution
2	A concurrent resolution ratifying the proposed
3	amendment to the Constitution of the United States
4	relating to equal rights for men and women.
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6	WHEREAS, during the Second Session of the Ninety-second
7	Congress of the United States of America, by a constitutional
8	majority of two-thirds, both houses approved the Equal Rights
9	Amendment, and
10	WHEREAS, on March 22, 1972, this proposed amendment to the
11	Constitution of the United States was sent to the states for
12	ratification, and
13	WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution
14	authorizes the Legislature of Florida to ratify proposed
15	amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and
16	WHEREAS, 35 of the necessary 38 states have already
17	ratified the Equal Rights Amendment, and
18	WHEREAS, constitutional equality for men and women
19	continues to be timely in the United States and worldwide, and
20	many other nations have achieved constitutional equality for
21	their men and women, NOW, THEREFORE,
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23	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
24	Florida, the Senate Concurring:
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26	That the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the
27	United States set forth below is ratified by the Legislature of
28	the State of Florida.
29	"Article ____"
30	"SECTION 1.  Equality of rights under the law shall not be
31	denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on
32	account of sex."
33	"SECTION 2.  The Congress shall have the power to enforce,
34	by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."
35	"SECTION 3.  This amendment shall take effect two years
36	after the date of ratification."
37	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of the
38	foregoing preamble and resolution be immediately forwarded by
39	the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, under the great
40	seal, to the President of the United States, the Secretary of
41	State of the United States, the President of the Senate of the
42	United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of
43	the United States, and the Administrator of General Services of
44	the United States.

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