Florida Amendment 13, Miscellaneous and Technical Changes Amendment (1998)

Florida Amendment 13
Election date November 3, 1998
Topic Constitutional wording changes
Status Approved
Type Commission-referred constitutional amendment	Origin State commission

Florida Amendment 13 was on the ballot as a commission-referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 3, 1998. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported making various miscellaneous and technical changes to the state constitution.

A “no” vote opposed making various miscellaneous and technical changes to the state constitution.

Election results

Florida Amendment 13
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,869,111	54.97%
No		1,530,883	45.03%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 13 was as follows:

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Removes gender-specific references; allows prison sentences in court-martial actions; consolidates ethics code provisions; specifies time for veto message consideration; clarifies that legislature gives designated officials final general appropriations bills 72 hours before passage; allows direct appeal of courts-martial to specified state court and advisory opinions from federal military courts; requires earlier constitution revision commission appointments; changes tax and budget reform commission voting procedures and meetings from every 10 to every 20 years.

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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

1998 Measures

• 1998 Measures
• Constitutional wording changes on the ballot
• 1998 legislative sessions

Florida

• Florida ballot measures
• Florida ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Florida Division of Elections, "Initiatives / Amendments / Revisions Database"