CRC - 2017 P 95
By Commissioner Lee
leet-00104-17 201795__
1 A proposal to create
2 a new Section 6 of Article VIII of the State
3 Constitution and to renumber present section 6 of that
4 article to limit the power of a county, municipality,
5 or special district to regulate commerce, trade, or
6 labor unless the regulation applies exclusively within
7 the respective entity’s own boundaries in a manner not
8 prohibited by law, and to specify that such regulation
9 may not intrude upon or impede commerce, trade, or
10 labor across the respective entity’s boundaries.
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12 Be It Proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission of
13 Florida:
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15 Present section 6 of Article VIII of the State Constitution
16 is renumbered as section 7, and a new section 6 is added to that
17 article, to read:
18 ARTICLE VIII
19 LOCAL GOVERNMENT
20 SECTION 6. Regulation of commerce, trade, or labor.—A
21 county, municipality, or special district may only regulate
22 commerce, trade, or labor occurring exclusively within the
23 respective entity’s own boundaries in a manner not prohibited by
24 law. A regulation enacted by a county, municipality, or special
25 district may not intrude upon or impede commerce, trade, or
26 labor across the respective entity’s boundaries.