Florida Amendment 8, Increases in Retirement Benefits Amendment (1976)
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| Topic Public employee retirement funds |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 2, 1976. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported requiring that increases in governmental supported retirement system funds be fully funded by the governmental unit. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring that increases in governmental supported retirement system funds be fully funded by the governmental unit. |
Election results
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Florida Amendment 8 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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1,254,413 | 62.39% | ||
| No | 756,043 | 37.61% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:
| “ | Proposing to add Section 14 to Article X of the State Constitution to provide that increases in the benefits payable under any governmental supported retirement system after January 1, 1977, be fully funded by the governmental unit. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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MISCELLANEOUS Section 14. State Retirement Systems Benefit Changes. A governmental unit responsible for any retirement or pension system supported in whole or in part by public funds shall not after January 1, 1977, provide any increase in the benefits to the members or beneficiaries of such system unless such unit has made or concurrently makes provision for the funding of the increase in benefits on a sound actuarial basis. |
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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