Amendment, Election of 11-2-20:

1919 HJR 279 (Article IX, Section 6) {Defeated}

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 279.

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 6 of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida Relating to Taxation and Finance.

Be it Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

That the following amendment to Section 6 of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida relating to taxation and finance is hereby agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the next general election held hereafter, that is to say that Section 6 of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida be amended so as to read as follows:

Section 6. The Legislature shall have power to provide for issuing State bonds only for the purpose of repelling invasion or suppressing insurrection, or for the purpose of redeeming or refunding bonds already issued at a lower rate of interest, or for the purpose of acquiring, building and maintaining a system of good roads and bridges throughout this state under such regulations as may be prescribed by An Act of the Legislature; provided, that any bond issues authorized in pursuance hereof for a system of good roads and bridges shall not exceed in amount five (5) per cent of the total tax assessment of the State at the time of issue.

Approved June 7, 1919.