CRC - 2017 P 6006
By the Committee on Style and Drafting
350-00436-17 20176006__
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2 REVISION 6
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4 A proposal to amend Section 2 of Article I of the
5 State Constitution to remove a provision authorizing
6 laws that regulate or prohibit the ownership,
7 inheritance, disposition, and possession of real
8 property by aliens ineligible for citizenship; amend
9 Section 9 of Article X of the State Constitution to
10 provide that the repeal of a criminal statute shall
11 not affect the prosecution of any crime committed
12 before such repeal; and amend Section 19 of Article X
13 of the State Constitution to delete an obsolete
14 provision regarding the development of a high speed
15 ground transportation system.
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17 Be It Proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission of
18 Florida:
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20 Section 2 of Article I of the State Constitution is amended
21 to read:
22 ARTICLE I
23 DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
24 SECTION 2. Basic rights.—All natural persons, female and
25 male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable
26 rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and
27 liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and
28 to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the
29 ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real
30 property by aliens ineligible for citizenship may be regulated
31 or prohibited by law. No person shall be deprived of any right
32 because of race, religion, national origin, or physical
33 disability.
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35 Sections 9 and 19 of Article X of the State Constitution
36 are amended to read:
37 ARTICLE X
38 MISCELLANEOUS
39 SECTION 9. Repeal of criminal statutes.—Repeal or amendment
40 of a criminal statute shall not affect prosecution or punishment
41 for any crime previously committed before such repeal.
42 SECTION 19. Repealed High speed ground transportation
43 system.—To reduce traffic congestion and provide alternatives to
44 the traveling public, it is hereby declared to be in the public
45 interest that a high speed ground transportation system
46 consisting of a monorail, fixed guideway or magnetic levitation
47 system, capable of speeds in excess of 120 miles per hour, be
48 developed and operated in the State of Florida to provide high
49 speed ground transportation by innovative, efficient and
50 effective technologies consisting of dedicated rails or
51 guideways separated from motor vehicular traffic that will link
52 the five largest urban areas of the State as determined by the
53 Legislature and provide for access to existing air and ground
54 transportation facilities and services. The Legislature, the
55 Cabinet and the Governor are hereby directed to proceed with the
56 development of such a system by the State and/or by a private
57 entity pursuant to state approval and authorization, including
58 the acquisition of right-of-way, the financing of design and
59 construction of the system, and the operation of the system, as
60 provided by specific appropriation and by law, with construction
61 to begin on or before November 1, 2003.
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63 BE IT FURTHER PROPOSED that the following statement be placed on
64 the ballot:
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66 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
67 ARTICLE I, SECTION 2
68 ARTICLE X, SECTIONS 9, 19
69 PROPERTY RIGHTS; REMOVAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISION; CRIMINAL
70 STATUTES.—Removes discriminatory language related to real
71 property rights. Removes obsolete language repealed by voters.
72 Deletes provision that amendment of a criminal statute will not
73 affect prosecution or penalties for a crime committed before the
74 amendment; retains current provision allowing prosecution of a
75 crime committed before the repeal of a criminal statute.