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One of the requirements for Florida to become a state and join the Union was that its constitution must be approved by the United States Congress.In order to fulfill that requirement, an act was passed by the Florida Territorial Council in 1838, approved by Governor Richard Keith Call, calling for the election of delegates in October 1838 to a convention to be held at St. Joseph, Florida.
The Florida Constitution of 1885 carried a section requiring voter approval for all constitutional amendments. [2] This system remained largely unchanged until 1968, when an amendment was passed creating a system by which citizens could place amendments on the ballot using the initiative process. [3]
Florida Department of Citrus – §601.101, Florida Statutes (2018) Florida state universities and state colleges – §1004.23(1) and §1004.726(1), Florida Statutes (2018) Works by defunct state agencies may be copyrighted if these rights were transferred to a new or different agency (note that legislation transferring such right may not have ...
The requirement for a balanced budget does not appear as such in the Florida Constitution. Article VII, Section 1(d), Florida Constitution, provides: "Provision shall be made by law for raising sufficient revenue to defray the expenses of the state for each fiscal period."
The Florida Constitution, in Article V, Section 2(a), vests the power to adopt rules for the "practice and procedure in all courts" in the Florida Supreme Court, which has adopted the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. Although Title VI of the Florida Statutes is labeled "Civil Practice and Procedure", the statutes it contains are limited to ...
Florida's Constitution of 1885, its fifth, was drawn up by the Constitutional Convention of 1885. The convention was held from June 9, 1885 until August 3, 1885 in Tallahassee, Florida "for the purpose of reforming the " Carpetbag " Constitution of 1868", according to course literature from the University of Virginia . [ 1 ]
Article III, Section 1 of the Florida Constitution, adopted in 1968, defines the role of the legislature and how it is to be constituted. [2] The legislature is composed of 160 state legislators (120 in the House and 40 in the Senate).
2022 Florida Amendment 1 was a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution, which failed on November 8, 2022.Through a statewide referendum, the amendment achieved only 57.26% [1] support among voters in the U.S. state of Florida, short of the 60% majority required by state law, [2] although only slightly lower than the 2006 vote which implemented the 60% requirement.