Florida Duties with Respect to Taxation and State Budgetary Matters Act (1996)
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Florida Amendment 2, also known as the Convening; Duties with Respect to Taxation and State Budgetary Matters Act, was on the November 5, 1996 election ballot in Florida. It passed, with 61.4% of voters in favor.
Amendment 2 was legislatively-referred to the ballot by the Florida State Legislature as a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution.
What Amendment 2 did was change the time that the Florida Constitution Revision Commission was to meet from 1998 to 1997, and gave the FCRC the authority to review tax and budget matters that would otherwise only have been under the authority of the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission.
Text of the proposal
The language that appeared on the ballot:
Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to change from 1998 to 1997 the convening of the next Constitution Revision Commission, in conformity with the schedule previously established by the Florida Supreme Court. Removing the restriction upon the commission's authority to examine matters relating to taxation or the state budgetary process that are otherwise to be reviewed by the Taxation and Budgetary Reform Commission every ten years.
