CRC - 2017 P 97
By Commissioner Keiser
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1 A proposal to amend
2 Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution to
3 require that any proposed amendment to or revision of
4 the State Constitution be approved by a vote of not
5 fewer than 60 percent of the voters voting in the
6 election in which the proposed amendment or revision
7 is considered.
8
9 Be It Proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission of
10 Florida:
11
12 Section 5 of Article XI of the State Constitution is
13 amended to read:
14 ARTICLE XI
15 AMENDMENTS
16 SECTION 5. Amendment or revision election.—
17 (a) A proposed amendment to or revision of this
18 constitution, or any part of it, shall be submitted to the
19 electors at the next general election held more than ninety days
20 after the joint resolution or report of revision commission,
21 constitutional convention or taxation and budget reform
22 commission proposing it is filed with the custodian of state
23 records, unless, pursuant to law enacted by the affirmative vote
24 of three-fourths of the membership of each house of the
25 legislature and limited to a single amendment or revision, it is
26 submitted at an earlier special election held more than ninety
27 days after such filing.
28 (b) A proposed amendment or revision of this constitution,
29 or any part of it, by initiative shall be submitted to the
30 electors at the general election provided the initiative
31 petition is filed with the custodian of state records no later
32 than February 1 of the year in which the general election is
33 held.
34 (c) The legislature shall provide by general law, prior to
35 the holding of an election pursuant to this section, for the
36 provision of a statement to the public regarding the probable
37 financial impact of any amendment proposed by initiative
38 pursuant to section 3.
39 (d) Once in the tenth week, and once in the sixth week
40 immediately preceding the week in which the election is held,
41 the proposed amendment or revision, with notice of the date of
42 election at which it will be submitted to the electors, shall be
43 published in one newspaper of general circulation in each county
44 in which a newspaper is published.
45 (e) Unless otherwise specifically provided for elsewhere in
46 this constitution, if the proposed amendment or revision is
47 approved by vote of not fewer than at least sixty percent of the
48 voters electors voting in the election in which such proposed
49 amendment or revision is considered on the measure, it shall be
50 effective as an amendment to or revision of the constitution of
51 the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January
52 following the election, or on such other date as may be
53 specified in the amendment or revision.