Amendments, Election of 11-3-36:

1935 SJR 170 (Article XIII, Section 3) {Adopted}

1935 SJR 429 (Article VIII, Section 10) {Adopted}

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 170

A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to Amend Section 3 of the Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Relating to Provisions for the Aged, Infirm and Unfortunate.

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

That Section 3 of Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida, relating to Provision for Aged, Infirm, and Unfortunate, be and the same is hereby amended, and as amended is agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of the State of Florida at the next general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1936, for ratification or rejection; said Section 3 of Article XIII, as amended, shall read as follows:

Section 3. The respective counties of the State shall provide in the manner prescribed by law, for those of the inhabitants who by reason of age, infirmity, or misfortune, may have claims upon the aid and sympathy of society; provided, however, the Legislature may by general law provide for a uniform State-wide system for such benefits, and appropriate money therefor; but no such general law shall provide benefits to any person who shall not have been a resident of the State of Florida for a period of five years continuously next preceding his application therefor, nor shall such general law provide for benefits to any person solely on account of age who has not attained the age of sixty-five years; Provided, further, that where by any law of the United States, a lessor or different period of residence age or citizenship shall be fixed in order for the State of Florida to participate in any Federal grants that might be made for such purposes, the Legislature may prescribe such requirements as to citizenship age and residence as will be consistent with and not in conflict with such Federal Law.

Approved June 4, 1935.

Filed in Office Secretary of State June 5, 1935.

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 429

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 10 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. 1936, for ratification or rejection, to-wit:

Section 10. The Legislature shall have power to establish, alter or abolish, a Municipal corporation to be known as the City of Key West, extending territorially throughout the present limits of Monroe County, in the place of any or all county, district, municipal and local governments, boards, bodies and officers, constitutional or statutory, legislative, executive, judicial, or administrative, and shall prescribe the jurisdiction, powers, duties and functions of such municipal corporation, its legislative, executive, judicial and administrative departments and its boards, bodies and officers; to divide the territory included in such municipality into subordinate districts, and to prescribe a just and reasonable system of taxation for such municipality and districts; and to fix the liability of such municipality and districts. Bonded and other indebtedness, existing at the time of the establishment of such municipality, shall be enforceable only against property theretofore taxable therefor. The Legislature shall, from time to time, determine what portion of said municipality is a rural area, and a homestead in such rural area shall not be limited as if in a city or town. Such municipality may exercise all the powers of a municipal corporation and shall also be recognized as one of the legal political divisions of the State with the duties and obligations of a county and shall be entitled to all the powers, rights and privileges, including representation in the State Legislature, which would accrue to it if it were a county. All property of Monroe County and of the municipality in said county shall vest in such municipal corporation when established as herein provided. The offices of Clerk of the Circuit Court and Sheriff shall not be abolished but the Legislature may prescribe the time when, and the method by which, such offices shall be filled and the compensation to be paid to such officers and may vest in them additional powers and duties. No county office shall be abolished or consolidated with another office without making provision for the performance of all State duties now or hereafter prescribed by law to be performed by such county officer. Nothing contained herein shall affect Section 20 of Article III of the Constitution of the State of Florida, except as to such provisions therein as relate to regulating the jurisdiction and duties of any class of officers, to summoning and empaneling grand and petit juries, to assessing and collecting taxes for county purposes and to regulating the fees and compensation of county officers. No law authorizing the establishing or abolishing of such Municipal corporation pursuant to this Section shall become operative or effective until approved by a majority of the qualified electors participating in an election held in said County, but so long as such Municipal corporation exists under this Section the Legislature may amend or extend the law authorizing the same without referendum to the qualified voters unless the Legislative act providing for such amendment or extension shall provide for such referendum.

Approved June 4, 1935.

Filed in Office Secretary of State June 5, 1935.