CRC - 2017 P 15
By Commissioner Gamez
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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 a cognitive
8 disability.
9
10 Be It Proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission of
11 Florida:
12
13 Section 2 of Article I of the State Constitution is amended
14 to read:
15 ARTICLE I
16 DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
17 SECTION 2. Basic rights.—All natural persons, female and
18 male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable
19 rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and
20 liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and
21 to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the
22 ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real
23 property by aliens ineligible for citizenship may be regulated
24 or prohibited by law. No person shall be deprived of any right
25 because of race, religion, national origin, or a physical or
26 cognitive disability.