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Florida Amendment 7, Legislative Nullification of Executive Rules and Regulations Amendment (1976)
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| Topic State executive official measures and State legislatures measures |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 7 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 2, 1976. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported establishing procedures for legislative nullification of rules or regulations created by the executive branch. |
A “no” vote opposed establishing procedures for legislative nullification of rules or regulations created by the executive branch. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 7 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 729,400 | 37.61% | ||
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1,210,001 | 62.39% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 7 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to authorize the Legislature to nullify or suspend any rule or regulation promulgated by the executive branch of state government and providing a procedure for the deferral of any such nullification which rule or regulation is without or in excess of delegated legislative authority. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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DECLARATION OF RIGHTS Section 18. Administrative Penalties. No administrative agency shall impose a sentence of imprisonment, nor shall it impose any other penalty except as provided by law. Any administrative rule of any agency of the executive branch may be nullified by concurrent resolution of the Legislature on the ground that the rule is without or in excess of delegated legislative authority and may be suspended as provided by law on the same ground; however, by a majority vote of the governor and cabinet the suspension may be deferred until acted upon by the Legislature. Failure of the Legislature to disapprove the suspension at the next regular session shall automatically reinstate the rule. |
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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State of Florida Tallahassee (capital) |
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