(all amendments are
currently active for the November ballot)
2006
Ballot Initiatives/Referendums
V
Amendment No. 1
State Planning and Budget
Process
Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to
limit the amount of nonrecurring
general revenue which may be appropriated for
recurring purposes in any fiscal year
to 3 percent of the total general revenue funds
estimated to be available, unless
otherwise approved by a three-fifths vote of the
Legislature.
Full Text (pdf)
V Amendment No. 3
Requiring Broader Support for
Constitutional Amendments or Revisions
Proposes an amendment to Section 5 of Article XI of
the State Constitution to require that any proposed amendment to or revision of the
State Constitution, whether proposed by the Legislature, by initiative, or by any other
method, must be approved by at least 60 percent of the voters of the state voting on the
measure, rather than by a simple majority.
Full Text (pdf)
V
Amendment No. 4
Protect People, Especially
Youth, from Addiction, Disease, and Other Health Hazards of Using Tobacco
To protect people, especially youth, from addiction,
disease, and other health hazards
of using tobacco, the Legislature shall use some
Tobacco Settlement money annually
for a comprehensive statewide tobacco education and
prevention program using Centers for Disease Control best practices.
Full Text (pdf)
V Amendment No. 6
Increased Homestead Exemption
Proposing amendment of the State Constitution to
increase the maximum additional
homestead exemption for low-income seniors from
$25,000 to $50,000 and to schedule the amendment to take effect January 1, 2007, if
adopted.
Full Text (pdf)
V Amendment No. 7
Permanently Disabled Veterans'
Discount on Homestead Ad Valorem Tax
Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to
provide a discount from the amount of ad valorem tax on the homestead of a partially or
totally permanently disabled veteran who is age 65 or older who was a Florida
resident at the time of entering military service, whose disability was
combat-related, and who was honorably discharged; to specify the percentage of the discount as equal
to the percentage of the veteran's permanent service-connected disability; to specify
qualification requirements for the discount; to authorize the Legislature to waive the
annual application requirement in subsequent years by general law; and to specify
that the provision takes effect December 7, 2006, is self-executing, and does not
require implementing legislation.
Full Text (pdf)
V
Amendment No. 8
Eminent Domain
Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to
prohibit the transfer of private
property taken by eminent domain to a natural person
or private entity; providing that
the Legislature may by general law passed by a
three-fifths vote of the membership
of each house of the Legislature permit exceptions
allowing the transfer of such private
property; and providing that this prohibition on the
transfer of private property taken
by eminent domain is applicable if the petition of
taking that initiated the condemnation
proceeding was filed on or after January 2, 2007.
Full Text (pdf)
General Election Dates
General Election Date: November 07, 2006
