Amendments, Election of 11-4-24:

1923 SJR 135 (Article IX, Section 11) {Adopted}

1923 JR 214 (Article VIII, Section 9) {Defeated}

1923 SJR 333 (Article XII, Section 17) {Adopted}

1923 SJR 255 (Article VII, Section 3) {Adopted}

1923 SJR 358 (Article IX, Section 1) {Adopted}

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 135.

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relative to Taxation and Finance.

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

That the following amendment to Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida, relative to Taxation and Finance, to be numbered Section 11 of said Article IX, be and the same is hereby agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of the State at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1924, for ratification or rejection, to-wit:

Section 11. No tax upon inheritances or upon the income of residents or citizens of this state shall be levied by the State of Florida, or under its authority, and there shall be exempt from taxation to the head of a family residing in this State, household goods and personal effects to the value of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars.

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JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 214.

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida Relative to Cities and Counties.

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

That the following amendment to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida relative to cities and counties to be numbered Section 9 of said Article VIII, be and the same is hereby agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of the State at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1924, for ratification or rejection, to-wit:

Section 9. The legislature shall have power to establish, change and abolish a local government extending territorially throughout Duval County in the place of all county, district, municipal and local governments, boards, bodies and officials, constitutional or statutory, legislative, executive or judicial, and shall prescribe the jurisdiction, powers, duties and functions of such government, its legislative, executive and judicial departments and its boards, bodies and officials; to divide the territory included in such government into subordinate districts, and to prescribe a just and reasonable system of taxation for such government and districts; existing and future bonded indebtedness shall be and remain definitely in area and taxable liability; a homestead in a rural area shall not be limited as if in a city or town; but no legislation under this section shall be effective until a majority of the electors in the county, who shall vote thereon at an election for the purpose, and who are qualified to vote for members of the legislature, shall vote in favor of such legislation.

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 333.

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Article XII, Section 17, of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relating to the Issuance of Bonds by Special Tax School Districts and the Levy of a Tax to Create a Sinking Fund for the Payment of the Principal and Interest Thereon.

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

That the following amendment of Section 17 of Article XII of the Constitution of the State of Florida, as ratified at the General Election of Representatives held in the year 1912 be and the same is hereby agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of the State at the next General Election of Representatives to be held in the year 1924, for ratification or rejection. That said Section 17 shall be amended so as to read as follows:

Section 17. The Legislature may provide for special tax school districts to issue bonds for the exclusive use of public free schools within any such special tax school district, whenever a majority of the qualified electors thereof who are freeholders shall vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds, but no bonds shall be issued hereunder which shall exceed, together with the existing indebtedness of such special tax school district 20 per cent of the assessed value of the taxable property of such district according to the last assessment for State and County purposes prior to the issuing of such bonds. Any bonds issued hereunder shall become payable within thirty years from the date of issuance in annual installments which shall commence not more than three years after the date of issue. Each annual installment shall be not less than three per cent of the total amount of the issue. Whenever any such special tax school district has voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds a special tax for the payment of the interest on said bonds and the principal thereof as the same shall become due and payable, shall be levied on the taxable property within the district voting for their issuance in accordance with law, providing for the levy of taxes and such tax shall not be applied to any purpose other than the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds.

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 255.

PROPOSING an Amendment of Section 3 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relating to Census and Apportionment.

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

That the following amendment of Section 3 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Florida, relating to Census and Apportionment, be, and the same is, hereby agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of the State of Florida for approval or rejection at the next General Election of Representatives to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1924; that is to say, that Section 3 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Florida shall be amended to read as follows:

Section 3. The Legislature that shall meet in regular session A. D. 1925, and those that shall meet every ten years thereafter, shall apportion the representation in the Senate, and shall provide for thirty-eight (38) Senatorial Districts, such Districts to be as nearly equal in population as practicable, but no county shall be divided in making such apportionment, and each District shall have one senator; and, at the same time, the Legislature shall also apportion the Representation in the House of Representatives, and shall allow three (3) Representatives to each of the five most populous counties, and two (2) Representatives to each of the next eighteen more populous counties, and one Representative to each of the remaining counties of the State at the time of such apportionment. Should the Legislature fail to apportion the Representation in the Senate and in the House of Representatives, at any regular session of the Legislature at any of the times herein designated, it shall be the duty of the Legislature or Legislatures succeeding such regular session of the Legislature, either in special or regular session, to apportion the Representation in the Senate and in the House of Representatives as herein provided. The preceding regular Federal or regular State Census, which ever shall have been taken nearest any apportionment of Representatives in the Senate and in the House of Representatives, shall control in making any such apportionment. In the event the Legislature shall fail to reapportion the representation in the Legislature as required by this amendment, the governor shall (within thirty days after the adjournment of the regular session), call the Legislature together in extraordinary session to consider the question of reapportionment and such extraordinary session of the Legislature is hereby mandatory required to reapportion the representation as required by this amendment before its adjournment (and such extraordinary session so called for reapportionment shall not be limited to expire at the end of twenty days or at all, until reapportionment is effected, and shall consider no business other than such reapportionment).

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 358.

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Section 1 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 of Section 1 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 of representatives, to be held in the year 1924; that is to say, that Section 1, Article IX, of the Constitution of the State of Florida, be amended to read as follows:

Section 1. The Legislature shall provide for a uniform and equal rate of taxation, except that it may provide for special rate or rates on intangible property, but such special rate or rates shall not exceed five mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of such intangible property, which special rate or rates, or the taxes collected therefrom, may be apportioned by the Legislature, and shall be exclusive of all other State, County, district and municipal taxes; and shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation of all property, both real and personal, excepting such property as may be exempted by law for municipal, education, literary, scientific, religious or charitable purposes.