Florida Amendment 9, Judicial Offices of Hillsborough County Amendment (1966)
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| Topic County and municipal governance and State judiciary |
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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 8, 1966. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported creating separate offices for the 13th Judicial Circuit State Attorney and Hillsborough County Prosecuting Attorney Criminal Court of Record. |
A “no” vote opposed creating separate offices for the 13th Judicial Circuit State Attorney and Hillsborough County Prosecuting Attorney Criminal Court of Record. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 9 |
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431,291 | 70.56% | ||
| No | 179,952 | 29.44% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 9 was as follows:
| “ | NO. 9—CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 9C JUDICIAL, Hillsborough County offices of State Attorney and County Solicitor. Proposing an amendment to Article V, Section 9C of the State Constitution providing that after the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, 1969, there shall be separate offices of the State Attorney of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit and Prosecuting Attorney or County Solicitor of the Criminal Court of Record; providing for appointment of assistants; prescribing duties and powers; providing for appointment of funds. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 9C. Hillsborough County, Offices of the State Attorney and County Solicitor. On and after the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, 1969, there shall be a Prosecuting Attorney of the Criminal Court of Record of Hillsborough County to be known as County Solicitor who shall be a separate official elected for a term of four (4) years by the qualified electors of the County as other state and county officials are elected and whose compensation shall be fixed by law. Said County Solicitor shall perform the functions and duties of a County Solicitor in the Criminal Court of Record of Hillsborough County, Florida, as prescribed by law in all noncapital felony cases and other lesser offenses in said Court’s jurisdiction. After said time there shall also be a State Attorney of the Thirteenth (13th) Judicial Circuit in and for Hillsborough County who shall be a separate official elected by the qualified electors of that circuit in the same manner as other state and county officials to serve a term of four (4) years who shall fulfill the duties prescribed by law, including, but not limited to, prosecution of all capital felony cases. The legislature may provide for Assistant State Attorneys and Special Investigators for the State Attorney and for Assistant County Solicitors and Special Investigators for the County Solicitor of Hillsborough County, Florida, and all Assistant State Attorneys and Assistant County Solicitors and Investigators shall be appointed by the State Attorney and the County Solicitor respectively and sworn in by the Court, and such Assistant State Attorneys and County Solicitors shall work under the direction of said State Attorney and County Solicitor and shall have full authority to do and perform any of the official duties and acts that the State Attorney and County Solicitor may do and perform. Pending informations filed in the Criminal Court of Record of Hillsborough County shall not be invalidated by this amendment or affected in any way hereby; and the County Solicitor may file amended informations in any such cases if and when necessary. The County Commissioners shall, upon this amendment becoming effective, apportion the funds appropriated for the operation of the State Attorney’s Office between the State Attorney’s Office and the County Solicitor’s Office on the basis of the case load, personnel assigned in the State Attorney’s Office to handle the duties of the newly created County Solicitor, and the cost of operations of said two (2) offices. Thereafter, the Board of County Commissioners of Hillsborough County shall appropriate such funds as to them may be reasonably required for the operation of the State Attorney’s Office and County Solicitor’s Office. It is the express intent of the Legislature and the electors of the State of Florida to create offices of the State Attorney and County Solicitor in Hillsborough County, Florida, which shall be separate, distinct, and unconnected with e ach other so that the same shall be and exist as they did in said County before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January of 1961. |
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"
- Ocala Star-Banner, "Automatic Voting Machine Sample Ballot, General Election, November 8, 1966, Marion County, Florida," November 1, 1966
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