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NO. 1
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ARTICLE VI, SECTION 7
Repeal of public campaign financing requirement
Proposing the repeal of the provision in the State Constitution that requires public
financing of campaigns of candidates for elective statewide office who agree to campaign
spending limits.
YES
NO
NO. 2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3
ARTICLE XII, SECTION 31
Homestead ad valorem tax credit for deployed military personnel
Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to require the Legislature to provide an
additional homestead property tax exemption by law for members of the United States military or military reserves, the United States Coast Guard or its reserves, or the Florida
National Guard who receive a homestead exemption and were deployed in the previous
year on active duty outside the continental United States, Alaska, or Hawaii in support of
military operations designated by the Legislature. The exempt amount will be based upon
the number of days in the previous calendar year that the person was deployed on active
duty outside the continental United States, Alaska, or Hawaii in support of military
operations designated by the Legislature. The amendment is scheduled to take effect
January 1, 2011.
YES
NO
NO. 3
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 4 and 6
ARTICLE XII
Property tax limit for nonhomestead property; additional homestead exemption for new homestead owners
The State Constitution generally limits the maximum annual increase in the assessed
value of nonhomestead property to 10 percent annually. This proposed amendment
reduces the maximum annual increase in the assessed values of those properties to 5
percent annually.
This amendment also requires the Legislature to provide an additional homestead
exemption for persons who have not owned a principal residence during the preceding 8
years. Under the exemption, 25 percent of the just value of a first-time homestead, up to
$100,000, will be exempt from property taxes. The amount of the additional exemption
will decrease in each succeeding year for 5 years by the greater of 20 percent of the initial
additional exemption or the difference between the just value and the assessed value of
the property. The additional exemption will not be available in the 6th and subsequent
years.
YES
NO
NO. 4
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ARTICLE II, SECTION 7
Referenda required for adoption and amendment of local government comprehensive land use plans
Establishes that before a local government may adopt a new comprehensive land use
plan, or amend a comprehensive land use plan, the proposed plan or amendment shall be
subject to vote of the electors of the local government by referendum, following
preparation by the local planning agency, consideration by the governing body and
notice. Provides definitions.
The amendments impact on local government expenditures cannot be estimated
precisely. Local governments will incur additional costs due to the requirement to
conduct referenda in order to adopt comprehensive plans or amendments thereto. The
amount of such costs depends upon the frequency, timing and method of the referenda,
and includes the costs of ballot preparation, election administration, and associated
expenses. The impact on state government expenditures will be insignificant.
YES
NO
NO. 5
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ARTICLE III, SECTION 21
Standards for legislature to follow in legislative redistricting
Legislative districts or districting plans may not be drawn to favor or disfavor an
incumbent or political party. Districts shall not be drawn to deny racial or language
minorities the equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect
representatives of their choice. Districts must be contiguous. Unless otherwise required,
districts must be compact, as equal in population as feasible, and where feasible must
make use of existing city, county and geographical boundaries.
The fiscal impact cannot be determined precisely. State government and state courts may
incur additional costs if litigation increases beyond the number or complexity of cases
which would have occurred in the amendments absence.
YES
NO
NO. 6
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ARTICLE III, SECTION 20
Standards for legislature to follow in congressional redistricting
Congressional districts or districting plans may not be drawn to favor or disfavor an
incumbent or political party. Districts shall not be drawn to deny racial or language
minorities the equal opportunity to participate in the political process and elect
representatives of their choice. Districts must be contiguous. Unless otherwise required,
districts must be compact, as equal in population as feasible, and where feasible must
make use of existing city, county and geographical boundaries.
The fiscal impact cannot be determined precisely. State government and state courts may
incur additional costs if litigation increases beyond the number or complexity of cases
which would have occurred in the amendments absence.
YES
NO
NO. 7
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ARTICLE III, SECTION 20
Standards for legislature to follow in legislative and congressional redistricting
In establishing congressional and legislative district boundaries or plans, the state shall apply federal requirements and balance and implement the standards in the State Constitution. The state shall take into consideration the ability of racial and language minorities to participate in the political process and elect candidates of their choice, and communities of common interest other than political parties may be respected and promoted, both without subordination to any other provision of Article III of the State Constitution. Districts and plans are valid if the balancing and implementation of standards is rationally related to the standards contained in the State Constitution and is
consistent with federal law.
YES
NO
NO. 8
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ARTICLE IX, SECTION 1
ARTICLE XII, SECTION 31
Revision of the class size requirements for public schools
The Florida Constitution currently limits the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher in public school classrooms in the following grade groupings: for prekindergarten through grade 3, 18 students; for grades 4 through 8, 22 students; and for grades 9 through 12, 25 students. Under this amendment, the current limits on the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher in public school classrooms would become limits on the average number of students assigned per class to each teacher, by specified grade grouping, in each public school. This amendment also adopts new limits on the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher in an individual classroom as follows: for prekindergarten through grade 3, 21 students; for grades 4 through 8, 27 students; and for grades 9 through 12, 30 students. This amendment specifies that class size limits do not apply to virtual classes, requires the Legislature to provide sufficient funds to maintain the average number of students required by this amendment, and schedules these revisions to take effect upon approval by the electors of this state and to operate retroactively to the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year.
YES
NO
NO. 9
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
ARTICLE I, SECTION 28
Health care freedom
Health care services.-Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to ensure access to health care services without waiting lists, protect the doctor-patient relationship, guard against mandates that don't work, prohibit laws or rules from compelling any person, employer, or health care provider to participate in any health care system; permit a person or an employer to purchase lawful health care services directly from a health care provider; permit a health care provider to accept direct payment from a person or an employer for lawful health care services; exempt persons, employers, and health care providers from penalties and fines for paying directly or accepting direct payment for lawful health care services; and permit the purchase or sale of health insurance in private health care systems. Specifies that the amendment does not affect which health care services a health care provider is required to perform or provide; affect which health care services are permitted by law; prohibit care provided pursuant to general law relating to workers' compensation; affect laws or rules in effect as of March 1, 2010; affect the terms or conditions of any health care system to the extent that those terms and conditions do not have the effect of punishing a person or an employer for paying directly for lawful health care services or a health care provider for accepting direct payment from a person or an employer for lawful health care services; or affect any general law passed by two-thirds vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature, passed after the effective date of the amendment, provided such law states with specificity the public necessity justifying the exceptions from the provisions of the amendment. The amendment expressly provides that it may not be construed to prohibit negotiated provisions in insurance contracts, network agreements, or other provider agreements contractually limiting copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, or other patient charges.
YES
NO
Nonbinding Statewide Advisory Referendum
Balancing the Federal Budget
A Nonbinding Referendum Calling for an Amendment to the United States Constitution
In order to stop the uncontrolled growth of our national debt and prevent excessive borrowing by the Federal Government, which threatens our economy and national security, should the United States Constitution be amended to require a balanced federal budget without raising taxes?
YES
NO
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