Florida Senate - 2014         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7050
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Gaming
       
       
       
       
       
       584-01607B-14                                         20147050__
    1                       Senate Joint Resolution                     
    2         A joint resolution proposing the creation of Section
    3         28 of Article X of the State Constitution to require
    4         that additional gambling, other than gambling already
    5         authorized by the State Constitution or by law, be
    6         authorized by constitutional amendment or by
    7         legislative act approved by a majority of electors in
    8         the state voting in a statewide referendum.
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   10  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         That the following creation of Section 28 of Article X of
   13  the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
   14  the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
   15  general election:
   16                              ARTICLE X                            
   17                            MISCELLANEOUS                          
   18         SECTION 28. Gambling.—Gambling is prohibited unless
   19  authorized:
   20         (a) In this constitution or by amendment thereto;
   21         (b) By general law in effect on the effective date of this
   22  section, until superseded in the manner authorized by this
   23  section; or
   24         (c) By an act of the legislature authorizing additional
   25  gambling which act is not effective until a public measure is
   26  submitted to the electors at the next general election and
   27  approved by a majority vote of such electors. An act authorizing
   28  additional gambling must include the following statement:
   29         This act, which authorizes additional gambling in this
   30  state, is not effective unless the following public measure is
   31  approved by a majority of electors in a statewide referendum:
   32         Shall ...(additional gambling)... be authorized in this
   33  state?
   34         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
   35  placed on the ballot:
   36                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT                     
   37                        ARTICLE X, SECTION 28                      
   38         ADDITIONAL LEGAL GAMBLING WILL REQUIRE STATEWIDE VOTE OF
   39  ELECTORS.—Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution that
   40  any additional gambling authorized by law will not take effect
   41  until a public ballot measure is approved by a majority of
   42  voters statewide.