Senate Bill sb0436

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SJR 436

    By Senator Bennett





    21-72A-07

  1                     Senate Joint Resolution

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 7 of Article II of the State

  4         Constitution to prohibit drilling for oil or

  5         natural gas within sovereignty submerged lands

  6         of the state and within a specified distance

  7         offshore and to direct the Legislature to enact

  8         legislation to enforce the prohibition.

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

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12         That the following amendment to Section 7 of Article II

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

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

15  next general election or at an earlier special election

16  specifically authorized by law for that purpose:

17                            ARTICLE II

18                        GENERAL PROVISIONS

19         SECTION 7.  Natural resources and scenic beauty.--

20         (a)  It shall be the policy of the state to conserve

21  and protect its natural resources and scenic beauty. Adequate

22  provision shall be made by law for the abatement of air and

23  water pollution and of excessive and unnecessary noise and for

24  the conservation and protection of natural resources.

25         (b)  Those in the Everglades Agricultural Area who

26  cause water pollution within the Everglades Protection Area or

27  the Everglades Agricultural Area shall be primarily

28  responsible for paying the costs of the abatement of that

29  pollution. For the purposes of this subsection, the terms

30  "Everglades Protection Area" and "Everglades Agricultural

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SJR 436
    21-72A-07




 1  Area" shall have the meanings as defined in statutes in effect

 2  on January 1, 1996.

 3         (c)  Drilling for oil or natural gas is prohibited

 4  within sovereignty submerged lands bordering on the Atlantic

 5  Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, or the Straits of Florida and

 6  within 250 miles waterward of the coastline to the maximum

 7  extent allowed by the laws of the United States. The

 8  legislature shall enact legislation to enforce this

 9  subsection.

10         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be

11  placed on the ballot:

12                     CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

13                      ARTICLE II, SECTION 7

14         DRILLING FOR OIL OR NATURAL GAS WITHIN COASTAL WATERS

15  PROHIBITED.--Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution

16  to prohibit drilling for oil or natural gas within sovereignty

17  submerged lands of the state and within 250 miles waterward of

18  the coastline to the maximum extent allowed by the laws of the

19  United States and to direct the Legislature to enact

20  legislation enforcing this prohibition.

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