Senate Bill sb2400

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2400

    By Senators Atwater and Smith





    25-1845-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to a special election to be

  3         held on August 31, 2004, pursuant to Section 5

  4         of Article XI of the State Constitution, for

  5         the approval or rejection by the electors of

  6         Florida of a joint resolution amending Section

  7         5 of Article XI of the State Constitution,

  8         relating to the deadlines for filing initiative

  9         petitions and judicial determinations of

10         validity; providing for publication of notice

11         and for procedures; providing an effective

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14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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16         Section 1.  Pursuant to Section 5 of Article XI of the

17  State Constitution, there shall be a special election on

18  August 31, 2004, to be held concurrently with the sole primary

19  election, at which there shall be submitted to the electors of

20  this state for approval or rejection Senate Joint Resolution

21  No. ___, relating to the deadlines for filing initiative

22  petitions and judicial determinations of validity.

23         Section 2.  Publication of notice shall be in

24  accordance with Section 5 of Article XI of the State

25  Constitution. The special election shall be held as other

26  special elections are held.

27         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

28  law, if enacted by a vote of at least three-fourths of the

29  membership of each house of the Legislature.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2400
    25-1845-04




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 3    Provides for a special election to be held on August 31,
      2004, for the approval or rejection of a constitutional
 4    amendment revising the deadlines for filing a citizen
      initiative petition and for a determination of validity
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