CRC - 2017                                                   P 3
       
       
        
       By Commissioner Martinez
       
       martinezr-00004-17                                       20173__
    1                         A proposal to amend                       
    2         Section 2 of Article I of the State Constitution to
    3         remove a provision authorizing laws that regulate or
    4         prohibit the ownership, inheritance, disposition, and
    5         possession of real property by aliens ineligible for
    6         citizenship and to provide that a person may not be
    7         deprived of any right because of any disability.
    8          
    9  Be It Proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission of
   10  Florida:
   11  
   12         Section 2 of Article I of the State Constitution is amended
   13  to read:
   14                              ARTICLE I                            
   15                        DECLARATION OF RIGHTS                      
   16         SECTION 2. Basic rights.—All natural persons, female and
   17  male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable
   18  rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and
   19  liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and
   20  to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the
   21  ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real
   22  property by aliens ineligible for citizenship may be regulated
   23  or prohibited by law. No person shall be deprived of any right
   24  because of race, religion, national origin, or physical
   25  disability.