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Florida Amendment 8, State Executive Officers and Cabinet Amendment (1998)

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Florida Amendment 8

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Election date

November 3, 1998

Topic
State executive branch structure
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Commission-referred constitutional amendment
Origin

State commission



Florida Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a commission-referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 3, 1998. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported amending the roles of executive officers and changing what roles were included in the state cabinet.

A “no” vote opposed amending the roles of executive officers and changing what roles were included in the state cabinet.


Election results

Florida Amendment 8

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

1,950,311 55.52%
No 1,562,234 44.48%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:

Merges cabinet offices of treasurer and comptroller into one chief financial officer; reduces cabinet membership to chief financial officer, attorney general, agriculture commissioner; secretary of state and education commissioner eliminated from elected cabinet; secretary of state duties defined by law; changes composition of state board of education from governor and cabinet to board appointed by governor; board appoints education commissioner; defines state board of administration, trustees of internal improvement trust fund, land acquisition trust fund.


Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

The Florida Constitution Revision Commission referred the measure to the ballot.

See also


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