| 2 | House Joint Resolution |
| 3 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 5 of |
| 4 | Article XI of the State Constitution to require a |
| 5 | supermajority vote to pass an amendment to or revision of |
| 6 | the State Constitution proposed by initiative. |
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| 8 | Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | That the amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the State |
| 11 | Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be submitted |
| 12 | to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the |
| 13 | general election to be held in November 2004: |
| 14 | ARTICLE XI |
| 15 | AMENDMENTS |
| 16 | SECTION 5. Amendment or revision election.-- |
| 17 | (a) A proposed amendment to or revision of this |
| 18 | constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the |
| 19 | electors at the next general election held more than ninety days |
| 20 | after the joint resolution, initiative petition or report of |
| 21 | revision commission, constitutional convention or taxation and |
| 22 | budget reform commission proposing it is filed with the |
| 23 | custodian of state records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by |
| 24 | the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the membership of each |
| 25 | house of the legislature and limited to a single amendment or |
| 26 | revision, it is submitted at an earlier special election held |
| 27 | more than ninety days after such filing. |
| 28 | (b) The legislature shall provide by general law, prior to |
| 29 | the holding of an election pursuant to this section, for the |
| 30 | provision of a statement to the public regarding the probable |
| 31 | financial impact of any amendment proposed by initiative |
| 32 | pursuant to section 3. |
| 33 | (c) Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week |
| 34 | immediately preceding the week in which the election is held, |
| 35 | the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of |
| 36 | election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall be |
| 37 | published in one newspaper of general circulation in each county |
| 38 | in which a newspaper is published. |
| 39 | (d) If the proposed amendment or revision is approved by |
| 40 | vote of the electors, it shall be effective as an amendment to |
| 41 | or revision of the constitution of the state on the first |
| 42 | Tuesday after the first Monday in January following the |
| 43 | election, or on such other date as may be specified in the |
| 44 | amendment or revision. For purposes of this subsection, an |
| 45 | amendment or revision proposed by initiative pursuant to section |
| 46 | 3 must be approved by vote of at least three-fifths of the |
| 47 | electors voting on the proposal. |
| 48 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the |
| 49 | amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows: |
| 50 | SUPERMAJORITY TO AMEND STATE CONSTITUTION BY INITIATIVE |
| 51 | Proposes an amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of the |
| 52 | State Constitution to require the approval of at least three- |
| 53 | fifths of the voters voting on the proposal to adopt an |
| 54 | amendment to or revision of the State Constitution proposed by |
| 55 | initiative. |