Florida Senate - 2013                                    SJR 254
       
       
       
       By Senator Clemens
       
       
       
       
       27-00250A-13                                           2013254__
    1                       Senate Joint Resolution                     
    2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 1
    3         of Article XI of the State Constitution to limit the
    4         number of amendments to the State Constitution that
    5         the Legislature may submit to the electorate at the
    6         same election to three; providing an effective date.
    7  
    8  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         That the following amendment to Section 1 of Article XI of
   11  the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
   12  the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
   13  general election or at an earlier special election specifically
   14  authorized by law for that purpose:
   15  
   16                             ARTICLE XI                            
   17                             AMENDMENTS                            
   18  
   19         SECTION 1. Proposal by legislature.—Amendment of a section
   20  or revision of one or more articles, or the whole, of this
   21  constitution may be proposed by joint resolution agreed to by
   22  three-fifths of the membership of each house of the legislature.
   23  The full text of the joint resolution and the vote of each
   24  member voting shall be entered on the journal of each house. The
   25  legislature may submit to the electorate no more than three
   26  proposed amendments to the state constitution in any one
   27  election.
   28  
   29         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
   30  placed on the ballot:
   31  
   32                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT                     
   33                        ARTICLE XI, SECTION 1                      
   34  
   35         LIMITING NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS TO STATE CONSTITUTION
   36  SUBMITTED BY LEGISLATURE TO ELECTORATE.—Proposing an amendment
   37  to the State Constitution to limit the number of amendments the
   38  Legislature may submit to the electorate at any one election to
   39  three. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.