Florida Senate - 2012                                   SJR 1020
       
       
       
       By Senator Garcia
       
       
       
       
       40-00883-12                                           20121020__
    1                       Senate Joint Resolution                     
    2         A joint resolution proposing the creation of Section
    3         28 of Article X of the State Constitution to prohibit
    4         the naming of public buildings and facilities for a
    5         person not deceased for a certain period of time
    6         unless approved by a four-fifths vote of the
    7         governmental body enacting the designation, except
    8         that no such building or facility may be named for a
    9         public officer while that person is in public office.
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   11  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         That the following creation of Section 28 of Article X of
   14  the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
   15  the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
   16  general election or at an earlier special election specifically
   17  authorized by law for that purpose:
   18                              ARTICLE X                            
   19                            MISCELLANEOUS                          
   20         SECTION 28. Naming of public buildings and other
   21  facilities.—
   22         (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a
   23  publicly owned building, road, bridge, park, recreational
   24  complex, or other similar facility may not be named for any
   25  person who has not been deceased for at least five years.
   26         (b) A publicly owned building, road, bridge, park,
   27  recreational complex, or other similar facility may be named for
   28  a living person or a person who has been deceased for less than
   29  five years if the name designation is approved by a four-fifths
   30  vote of the governmental body enacting the designation; however,
   31  such a facility may not be named for a public officer while that
   32  person is in public office.
   33         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
   34  placed on the ballot:
   35                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT                     
   36                        ARTICLE X, SECTION 28                      
   37         NAMING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES.—Proposing an
   38  amendment to the State Constitution that prohibits naming a
   39  publicly owned building, road, bridge, park, recreational
   40  complex, or other similar facility after a person who has not
   41  been deceased for at least 5 years unless approved by a four
   42  fifths vote of the governing body naming the building or
   43  facility, except that no such building or facility may be named
   44  after a public officer while that person is in office.