Florida Amendment 3, Revision and Creation of Laws Amendment (1950)
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| Topic State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 7, 1950. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported requiring laws to be single subject, requiring that laws have a title, and requiring law revisions to be published at length. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring laws to be single subject, requiring that laws have a title, and requiring law revisions to be published at length. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 3 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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105,053 | 78.49% | ||
| No | 28,793 | 21.51% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 3 was as follows:
| “ | No. 3 To amend Article III, Section 16 of the State Constitution to provide that each law shall embrace but one subject, briefly expressed in the title, and that no law shall be amended by reference to its title only, but that the amended section, subsection or paragraph amended shall be reenacted and published at length. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 16. Acts; One Subject; Expressed in Title; Amendments. Each law enacted in the legislature shall embrace but one subject and matter properly connected therewith, which subject shall be briefly expressed in the title, and no law shall be amended or revised to its title only; but in such case the act as revised or section or subsection of a section, or paragraph of a subsection of a section, as amended, shall be reenacted and published at length. |
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
External links
- Florida Constitution Revision Commission, "Florida's Constitutions: The Documentary History"
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune, "Automatic Voting Machine Sample Ballot 1950," November 6, 1950
Footnotes
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