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Florida Amendment 6, Taxation and Budget Reform Commission Amendment (1988)
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| Topic Administration of government and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 8, 1988. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported creating the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission to review matters of taxation and the budgetary process. |
A “no” vote opposed creating the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission to review matters of taxation and the budgetary process. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 6 |
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2,111,320 | 57.85% | ||
| No | 1,538,470 | 42.15% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 6 was as follows:
| “ | Transfers authority to review matters relating to state and local taxation and the budgetary process from the Constitution Revision Commission to a newly created Taxation and Budget Reform Commission to be established in 1990 and every 10 years therafter. The new commission will issue a report and it may propose statutory changes to the Legislature, and submit proposed constitutional changes to the voters. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
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.
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Footnotes
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