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Florida Road System Bonds Amendment (1920)
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| Topic Bond issues and Highways and bridges |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Road System Bonds Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 2, 1920. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported allowing the state to issue bonds for building and maintaining a system of good roads and bridges. |
A “no” vote opposed allowing the state to issue bonds for building and maintaining a system of good roads and bridges. |
Election results
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Florida Road System Bonds Amendment |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 34,504 | 38.76% | ||
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54,510 | 61.24% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Road System Bonds Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Proposed Constitutional Amendment. Amendment of Section 6 of Article IX Relating to Taxation and Finance. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 6. The Legislature shall have power to provide for issuing State bonds only for the purpose of repelling invasion or suppressing insurrection, or for the purpose of redeeming or refunding bonds already issued at a lower rate of interest, or for the purpose of acquiring, building and maintaining a system of good roads and bridges throughout this state under such regulations as may be prescribed by An Act of the Legislature; provided, that any bond issues authorized in pursuance hereof for a system of good roads and bridges shall not exceed in amount five (5) per cent of the total tax assessment of the State at the time of issue. |
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 Evening Star, November 1, 1920
Footnotes
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