Florida Senate - 2011                                    SB 1564
       
       
       
       By Senator Fasano
       
       
       
       
       11-00207-11                                           20111564__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a special election; providing for a
    3         special election to be held on the date of the
    4         presidential preference primary in 2012, pursuant to
    5         Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution, for
    6         the approval or rejection by the electors of this
    7         state of amendments to the State Constitution,
    8         proposed by joint resolution, to prohibit increases in
    9         the assessed value of homestead property if the fair
   10         market value of the property decreases, reduce the
   11         limitation on annual assessment increases applicable
   12         to nonhomestead real property, provide an additional
   13         homestead exemption for owners of homestead property
   14         who have not owned homestead property for a specified
   15         time before purchase of the current homestead
   16         property, provide application and limitations with
   17         respect thereto, and provide an effective date if such
   18         amendments are adopted; providing for publication of
   19         notice and for procedures; providing an appropriation;
   20         providing a contingent effective date.
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   22  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   24         Section 1. Pursuant to Section 5 of Article XI of the State
   25  Constitution, there shall be a special election on the date of
   26  the presidential preference primary, which shall be held
   27  concurrently with other statewide elections held on that date,
   28  if any, at which there shall be submitted to the electors of
   29  this state for approval or rejection the amendments to the State
   30  Constitution proposed in Senate Joint Resolution 658 or House
   31  Joint Resolution 381.
   32         Section 2. Publication of notice shall be in accordance
   33  with Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution. The
   34  special election shall be held as other special elections are
   35  held.
   36         Section 3. The sum of $560,000 in nonrecurring funds from
   37  the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the Department of
   38  State for the 2011-2012 fiscal year for the purpose of
   39  advertising the constitutional amendments being submitted to the
   40  electors of this state at the special election called by this
   41  act.
   42         Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law
   43  if enacted by a vote of at least three-fourths of the membership
   44  of each house of the Legislature and if Senate Joint Resolution
   45  658 or House Joint Resolution 381 is adopted by both houses of
   46  the Legislature.