Florida Amendment 1, Administration of Government in Orange County Amendment (1946)

Florida Amendment 1
Election date November 5, 1946
Topic Administration of government and County and municipal governance
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Florida Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 5, 1946. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported amending various provisions relating to the administration of government in Orange County.

A “no” vote opposed amending various provisions relating to the administration of government in Orange County.

Election results

Florida Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		43,253	51.49%
No		40,746	48.51%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (No. 1) ARTICLE XX Section 1 and 2 An amendment to the Constitution of the State of Florida to be known as Article XX, Section 1 and 2 thereof, relating to the consolidation, abolishing or creating of certain county offices, excepting Judges of all courts, and for the assessment, collection, accounting and distribution of municipal taxes and assessments by county tax officers in Orange County, Florida, and providing for referendum elections for acceptance and rejection of any law or laws enacted by the Legislature or Florida as provided therein. □ For the Amendment □ Against the Amendment

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Constitutional changes

ARTICLE XX Section 1. The legislature is authorized and empowered to provide by law or laws enacted by it at its regular session held in A. D. 1947, or at any regular session thereafter, for the consolidation, abolishing or creating of any county offices in Orange County, Florida, provided there is excepted from the effects of this Article judges of all courts; and to provide for the assessment and collection of municipal taxes and assessments, or either of them, by County tax officers in said County. Any law so enacted respecting the consolidation or creation of any County offices shall prescribe the powers, duties and compensation of the officers designated therein to exercise and discharge the duties of the offices so consolidated or created; and any law so enacted respecting the assessment and collection of municipal taxes and assessments, or either of them, by County tax officers, shall provide for the assessing, collecting, accounting for and disbursing of said taxes and/or assessments to the appropriate municipal authorities, and for compensation for such County taxing officers for services rendered incident thereto. That if any such law respecting the consolidation or creation of any county offices is accepted and ratified at the referendum election herein provided, such law shall become effective with respect to the offices affected thereby on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January of any year immediately succeeding the general election had subsequent to said referendum election at which electors for President of the United States are voted for; and if any such law respecting the assessment and collection of municipal taxes and assessments, or either of them, by county tax officers is accepted and ratified at the referendum elections as provided herein, the same shall become effective on the first day of January next succeeding such referendum election. Section 2. Before any law described in the preceding section of this article shall be of any force and effect, it shall be accepted and ratified by a majority vote of the qualified electors of Orange County, Florida, at a referendum election to be called and held for the purpose of determining whether such law shall be accepted and ratified or rejected by the qualified electors of said county. Such referendum election shall be held within ninety days after the effective date of any such law. The Board of County Commissioners shall provide for the holding of any such referendum election and notice thereof shall be published by said Board once each week for at least four successive weeks immediately next prior to the date of such election in a newspaper of general circulation in said County. Except as herein otherwise provided, the laws of the State relating to the holding of general elections shall cover the holding of any such referendum election. If any such law shall be accepted and ratified by the majority of electors participating in any such referendum election, such law shall become and be in full force and effect, but if at any such election a majority of the electors participating therein shall vote against the acceptance and ratification of such law, it shall be null and void and of no force and effect. The canvassing board of said County shall certify the result of any such referendum election to the Secretary of State within ten days after the holding thereof.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Florida Constitution

A 60% vote was required during one legislative session for the Florida State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 51 votes in the Florida House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Florida State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Amendments on the ballot required a simple majority vote in this year.

See also

1946 Measures

• 1946 Measures
• Administration of government on the ballot
• County and municipal governance on the ballot
• 1946 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
• The Vero Beach Press-Journal, "SAMPLE BALLOT," November 1, 1946