Florida Amendment 9, County Solicitor in Dad County Amendment (1956)
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 9 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 6, 1956. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported eliminating the office of County Solicitor in Dade County and transferring those duties to the State Attorney of the 11th Judicial Circuit. |
A “no” vote opposed eliminating the office of County Solicitor in Dade County and transferring those duties to the State Attorney of the 11th Judicial Circuit. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 9 |
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279,344 | 73.06% | ||
| No | 102,999 | 26.94% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 9 was as follows:
| “ | No. 9 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V A proposed Amendment to Article V of the State Constitution adding a section abolishing the office of County Solicitor in Dade County and transferring the duties thereof to the State Attorney of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section __. On and after the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, 1957, the State Attorney of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida, shall be the prosecuting attorney of the Criminal Court of Record and the Court of Crimes of Dade County, and the office of County Solicitor, the position of Assistant County Solicitor, the positions of process server and investigator in Dade County, shall stand abolished and terminated; and thereafter the State Attorney and his Assistant State Attorneys, under his direction, shall perform all the duties and functions of office heretofore performed by the County Solicitor. Pending informations filed in the Criminal Court of Record or Court of Crimes shall not be invalidated hereby, and the State Attorney, or his Assistant State Attorneys, may file amended informations in any such cases if and when necessary. The Legislature may provide for Assistant State Attorneys and special investigators for the State Attorney of Dade County, and all Assistant State Attorneys shall be appointed by the State Attorney and sworn in by the Court, and such Assistant State Attorneys shall work under the direction of the State Attorney and shall have full authority to do and perform any official act that the State Attorney may do and perform. Upon this amendment being adopted all funds appropriated by law approved by the Budget Commission and budgeted by the Board of County Commissioners of Dade County for the use of office of County Solicitor of Dade County, Florida, and for the purpose of employing Assistant County Solicitors and other office personnel shall thereafter be used for the operation of the State Attorney's Office of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, and the employing of Assistant State Attorneys and other personnel for the operation of that office, and the said State Attorney is hereby authorized to employ such personnel, including Assistant State Attorneys, process servers and investigator, in the same number and to be paid the same salary as the number of Assistant County Solicitors, process servers and investigator employed by the County Solicitor of Dade County, Florida. |
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"
- St. Petersburg Times, "SAMPLE BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION," November 6, 1956
Footnotes
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