CRC - 2017 P 37
By Commissioner Stemberger
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1 A proposal to create
2 a new section in Article X of the State Constitution
3 to prohibit the naming of public buildings, programs,
4 or other facilities after municipal, county, or state
5 elected officials unless certain requirements are met.
6
7 Be It Proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission of
8 Florida:
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10 A new section is added to Article X of the State
11 Constitution to read:
12 ARTICLE X
13 MISCELLEANEOUS
14 Naming of governmental programs and government-owned
15 buildings and other facilities.—
16 (a) The state, a local government, or any other political
17 subdivision of the state may not name a building, a facility, or
18 a tract of land owned by the governmental entity, or a program
19 administered by the governmental entity, after an elected state
20 or local official until the official has vacated public office.
21 (b) A law or an ordinance enacted which names a building, a
22 facility, or a tract of land, or a program after a former
23 elected state or local official may not contain provisions on
24 any other subject.