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Florida Amendment 5, Legislative Appropriations Amendment (1946)
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| Topic State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 5, 1946. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported establishing provisions relating to legislative appropriations. |
A “no” vote opposed establishing provisions relating to legislative appropriations. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 5 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 29,198 | 24.06% | ||
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92,156 | 75.94% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:
| “ | (NO. 5) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE III, Section 30 To amend Section 30 of Article III of the Constitution of the State of Florida, providing laws making the appropriations for the salaries of public officials and employees and all other expenses of the State shall contain provisions on no other subject nor shall an appropriation be an incident of any other bill; all State appropriations, except appropriations for the county schools, counties, cities or other political subdivisions of the State, appropriations for permanent improvements and buildings for State Institutions as provided for by laws enacted at the 1945 Legislature or prior legislatures and for pensions, retirement funds and trust funds, shall be included in one general appropriations bill or any amendment or supplement thereto, and shall be for no longer than two years. All appropriations made prior to the adoption of this section which are contrary to the provisions of this section shall expire as of July 1, 1947. □ For the Amendment □ Against the Amendment | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 30. Laws making appropriations for the salaries of public officials and employees and all other expenses of the State shall contain provisions on no other subject, nor shall an appropriation be an incident of any other bill; all State appropriations except appropriations for the county schools, counties, cities, or other political subdivisions of the State, appropriations for permanent improvements and buildings for State institutions as provided for by laws enacted in the 1945 legislature or prior legislatures and for pensions, retirement funds and trust funds, shall be included in one general appropriation bill or any amendment or supplement thereto, and shall be for no longer than two years. All appropriations made prior to the adoption of this section which are contrary to the provisions of this section shall expire as of July 1, 1947. |
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"
- The Vero Beach Press-Journal, "SAMPLE BALLOT," November 1, 1946
Footnotes
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