CRC - 2017                                   COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Proposal No. PCP 6006
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  04/05/2018           .                                
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       The Committee on Style and Drafting (Jordan) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         CRC Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the proposal clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 2 of Article I of the State Constitution is amended
    6  to read:
    7                              ARTICLE I                            
    8                        DECLARATION OF RIGHTS                      
    9         SECTION 2. Basic rights.—All natural persons, female and
   10  male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable
   11  rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and
   12  liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and
   13  to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the
   14  ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real
   15  property by aliens ineligible for citizenship may be regulated
   16  or prohibited by law. No person shall be deprived of any right
   17  because of race, religion, national origin, or physical
   18  disability.
   19  
   20         Sections 9 and 19 of Article X of the State Constitution
   21  are amended to read:
   22                              ARTICLE X                            
   23                            MISCELLANEOUS                          
   24         SECTION 9. Repeal of criminal statutes.—Repeal or amendment
   25  of a criminal statute shall not affect prosecution or punishment
   26  for any crime previously committed before such repeal.
   27         SECTION 19. Repealed High speed ground transportation
   28  system.—To reduce traffic congestion and provide alternatives to
   29  the traveling public, it is hereby declared to be in the public
   30  interest that a high speed ground transportation system
   31  consisting of a monorail, fixed guideway or magnetic levitation
   32  system, capable of speeds in excess of 120 miles per hour, be
   33  developed and operated in the State of Florida to provide high
   34  speed ground transportation by innovative, efficient and
   35  effective technologies consisting of dedicated rails or
   36  guideways separated from motor vehicular traffic that will link
   37  the five largest urban areas of the State as determined by the
   38  Legislature and provide for access to existing air and ground
   39  transportation facilities and services. The Legislature, the
   40  Cabinet and the Governor are hereby directed to proceed with the
   41  development of such a system by the State and/or by a private
   42  entity pursuant to state approval and authorization, including
   43  the acquisition of right-of-way, the financing of design and
   44  construction of the system, and the operation of the system, as
   45  provided by specific appropriation and by law, with construction
   46  to begin on or before November 1, 2003.
   47  
   48  BE IT FURTHER PROPOSED that the following statement be placed on
   49  the ballot:
   50  
   51         PROPERTY RIGHTS; REMOVAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISION; CRIMINAL
   52  STATUTES.—Removes discriminatory language related to real
   53  property rights. Removes obsolete language repealed by voters.
   54  Deletes provision that amendment of a criminal statute will not
   55  affect prosecution or penalties for a crime committed before the
   56  amendment; retains current provision allowing prosecution of a
   57  crime committed before the repeal of a criminal statute.
   58  
   59  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   60  And the title is amended as follows:
   61         Delete everything before the proposal clause
   62  and insert:
   63                             REVISION 6                            
   64  
   65         A proposal to amend Section 2 of Article I of the
   66         State Constitution to remove a provision authorizing
   67         laws that regulate or prohibit the ownership,
   68         inheritance, disposition, and possession of real
   69         property by aliens ineligible for citizenship; amend
   70         Section 9 of Article X of the State Constitution to
   71         provide that the repeal of a criminal statute shall
   72         not affect the prosecution of any crime committed
   73         before such repeal; and amend Section 19 of Article X
   74         of the State Constitution to delete an obsolete
   75         provision regarding the development of a high speed
   76         ground transportation system.