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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
House Joint Resolution 1
A joint resolution proposing the repeal of Section 2 2
of Article IV of the State Constitution, relating to 3
the creation of the office of Lieutenant Governor; 4
repeal of subsection (i) of Section 19 of Article III 5
of the State Constitution, relating to the creation of 6
the Government Efficiency Task Force; amendments to 7
Section 2 of Article II, Sections 2 and 17 of Article 8
III, Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of Article I V, Section 4 9
of Article VI of the State Constitution; and the 10
creation of a new section in Article XII of the State 11
Constitution to revise provisions relating to auditing 12
and government efficiency, create the office of the 13
Commissioner of Government Effici ency as a Cabinet 14
officer, revise provisions relating to succession to 15
the office of Governor if there is a vacancy or in the 16
case of impeachment or incapacity, and to submit to 17
the electorate, during a specified election year, a 18
ballot question regarding whether to repeal the office 19
of the Commissioner of Government Efficiency. 20
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Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22
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That the following repeal of Section 2 of Article IV and 24
subsection (i) of Section 19 of Article III of the State 25
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Constitution; amendments to Section 2 of Article II, Sections 2 26
and 17 of Article III, Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of Article IV, 27
Section 4 of Article VI of the State Constitution; and the 28
creation of a new section in Article XII of the State 29
Constitution are agreed to and shall be submitted to the 30
electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next 31
general election or at an earlier special election specifically 32
authorized by law for that purpose: 33
ARTICLE II 34
GENERAL PROVISIONS 35
SECTION 2. Seat of gov ernment.—The seat of government 36
shall be the City of Tallahassee, in Leon County, where the 37
offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, cabinet members, 38
and the supreme court shall be maintained and the sessions of 39
the legislature shall be held; provided that, in time of 40
invasion or grave emergency, the governor by proclamation may 41
for the period of the emergency transfer the seat of government 42
to another place. 43
ARTICLE III 44
LEGISLATURE 45
SECTION 2. Members; officers. —Each house shall be the sole 46
judge of the qualifications, elections, and returns of its 47
members, and shall biennially choose its officers, including a 48
permanent presiding officer selected from its membership, who 49
shall be designated in the senate as President of the Senate, 50
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and in the house as Speaker of the House of Representatives. The 51
senate shall designate a Secretary to serve at its pleasure, and 52
the house of representatives shall designate a Clerk to serve at 53
its pleasure. The legislature shall appoint an auditor to serve 54
at its pleasure who shall audit public records and perform 55
related duties as prescribed by law or concurrent resolution. 56
SECTION 17. Impeachment. — 57
(a) The governor, lieutenant governor, members of the 58
cabinet, justices of the supreme court, judges of district 59
courts of appeal, judges of circuit courts, and judges of county 60
courts shall be liable to impeachment for misdemeanor in office. 61
The house of representatives by two -thirds vote shall have the 62
power to impeach an officer. The speaker of the house of 63
representatives shall have power at any time to appoint a 64
committee to investigate charges against any officer subject to 65
impeachment. 66
(b) An officer impeached by the house of representatives 67
shall be disqualified from performing any official duties until 68
acquitted by the senate, and, unless impeached, the governor may 69
by appointment fill the office until completion of the trial. 70
(c) All impeachments by the house of representatives shall 71
be tried by the senate. The chief justice of the supreme court, 72
or another justice designated by the chief justice, shall 73
preside at the trial, except in a trial of the chief justice, in 74
which case the governor shall preside. The senate shall 75
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determine the time for the trial of any impeachment and may sit 76
for the trial whether the h ouse of representatives be in session 77
or not. The time fixed for trial shall not be more than six 78
months after the impeachment. During an impeachment trial 79
senators shall be upon their oath or affirmation. No officer 80
shall be convicted without the concurre nce of two-thirds of the 81
members of the senate present. Judgment of conviction in cases 82
of impeachment shall remove the offender from office and, in the 83
discretion of the senate, may include disqualification to hold 84
any office of honor, trust or profit. Co nviction or acquittal 85
shall not affect the civil or criminal responsibility of the 86
officer. 87
SECTION 19. State Budgeting, Planning and Appropriations 88
Processes.— 89
(a) ANNUAL BUDGETING. 90
(1) General law shall prescribe the adoption of annual 91
state budgetary and planning processes and require that detail 92
reflecting the annualized costs of the state budget and 93
reflecting the nonrecurring costs of the budget requests shall 94
accompany state department and agency legislative budget 95
requests, the governor' s recommended budget, and appropriation 96
bills. 97
(2) Unless approved by a three -fifths vote of the 98
membership of each house, appropriations made for recurring 99
purposes from nonrecurring general revenue funds for any fiscal 100
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year shall not exceed three perce nt of the total general revenue 101
funds estimated to be available at the time such appropriation 102
is made. 103
(3) As prescribed by general law, each state department 104
and agency shall be required to submit a legislative budget 105
request that is based upon and tha t reflects the long-range 106
financial outlook adopted by the joint legislative budget 107
commission or that specifically explains any variance from the 108
long-range financial outlook contained in the request. 109
(4) For purposes of this section, the terms departme nt and 110
agency shall include the judicial branch. 111
(b) APPROPRIATION BILLS FORMAT. Separate sections within 112
the general appropriation bill shall be used for each major 113
program area of the state budget; major program areas shall 114
include: education enhancem ent "lottery" trust fund items; 115
education (all other funds); human services; criminal justice 116
and corrections; natural resources, environment, growth 117
management, and transportation; general government; and judicial 118
branch. Each major program area shall inc lude an itemization of 119
expenditures for: state operations; state capital outlay; aid to 120
local governments and nonprofit organizations operations; aid to 121
local governments and nonprofit organizations capital outlay; 122
federal funds and the associated state ma tching funds; spending 123
authorizations for operations; and spending authorizations for 124
capital outlay. Additionally, appropriation bills passed by the 125
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legislature shall include an itemization of specific 126
appropriations that exceed one million dollars ($1,00 0,000.00) 127
in 1992 dollars. For purposes of this subsection, "specific 128
appropriation," "itemization," and "major program area" shall be 129
defined by law. This itemization threshold shall be adjusted by 130
general law every four years to reflect the rate of infla tion or 131
deflation as indicated in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 132
Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items, or successor reports as 133
reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of 134
Labor Statistics or its successor. Substantive bills cont aining 135
appropriations shall also be subject to the itemization 136
requirement mandated under this provision and shall be subject 137
to the governor's specific appropriation veto power described in 138
Article III, Section 8. 139
(c) APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS. 140
(1) No later than September 15 of each year, the joint 141
legislative budget commission shall issue a long -range financial 142
outlook setting out recommended fiscal strategies for the state 143
and its departments and agencies in order to assist the 144
legislature in making bud get decisions. The long -range financial 145
outlook must include major workload and revenue estimates. In 146
order to implement this paragraph, the joint legislative budget 147
commission shall use current official consensus estimates and 148
may request the development of additional official estimates. 149
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(2) The joint legislative budget commission shall seek 150
input from the public and from the executive and judicial 151
branches when developing and recommending the long -range 152
financial outlook. 153
(3) The legislature shall pre scribe by general law 154
conditions under which limited adjustments to the budget, as 155
recommended by the governor or the chief justice of the supreme 156
court, may be approved without the concurrence of the full 157
legislature. 158
(d) SEVENTY-TWO HOUR PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD. All general 159
appropriation bills shall be furnished to each member of the 160
legislature, each member of the cabinet, the governor, and the 161
chief justice of the supreme court at least seventy -two hours 162
before final passage by either house of the legis lature of the 163
bill in the form that will be presented to the governor. 164
(e) FINAL BUDGET REPORT. A final budget report shall be 165
prepared as prescribed by general law. The final budget report 166
shall be produced no later than the 120th day after the 167
beginning of the fiscal year, and copies of the report shall be 168
furnished to each member of the legislature, the head of each 169
department and agency of the state, the auditor general, and the 170
chief justice of the supreme court. 171
(f) TRUST FUNDS. 172
(1) No trust fund of the State of Florida or other public 173
body may be created or re -created by law without a three -fifths 174
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vote of the membership of each house of the legislature in a 175
separate bill for that purpose only. 176
(2) State trust funds shall terminate not more th an four 177
years after the effective date of the act authorizing the 178
initial creation of the trust fund. By law the legislature may 179
set a shorter time period for which any trust fund is 180
authorized. 181
(3) Trust funds required by federal programs or mandates; 182
trust funds established for bond covenants, indentures, or 183
resolutions, whose revenues are legally pledged by the state or 184
public body to meet debt service or other financial requirements 185
of any debt obligations of the state or any public body; the 186
state transportation trust fund; the trust fund containing the 187
net annual proceeds from the Florida Education Lotteries; the 188
Florida retirement trust fund; trust funds for institutions 189
under the management of the Board of Governors, where such trust 190
funds are for auxiliary enterprises and contracts, grants, and 191
donations, as those terms are defined by general law; trust 192
funds that serve as clearing funds or accounts for the chief 193
financial officer or state agencies; trust funds that account 194
for assets held by the s tate in a trustee capacity as an agent 195
or fiduciary for individuals, private organizations, or other 196
governmental units; and other trust funds authorized by this 197
Constitution, are not subject to the requirements set forth in 198
paragraph (2) of this subsectio n. 199
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(4) All cash balances and income of any trust funds 200
abolished under this subsection shall be deposited into the 201
general revenue fund. 202
(g) BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND. Subject to the provisions 203
of this subsection, an amount equal to at least 5% of the last 204
completed fiscal year's net revenue collections for the general 205
revenue fund shall be retained in the budget stabilization fund. 206
The budget stabilization fund's principal balance shall not 207
exceed an amount equal to 10% of the last completed fiscal 208
year's net revenue collections for the general revenue fund. The 209
legislature shall provide criteria for withdrawing funds from 210
the budget stabilization fund in a separate bill for that 211
purpose only and only for the purpose of covering revenue 212
shortfalls of the general revenue fund or for the purpose of 213
providing funding for an emergency, as defined by general law. 214
General law shall provide for the restoration of this fund. The 215
budget stabilization fund shall be comprised of funds not 216
otherwise obligated or co mmitted for any purpose. 217
(h) LONG-RANGE STATE PLANNING DOCUMENT AND DEPARTMENT AND 218
AGENCY PLANNING DOCUMENT PROCESSES. General law shall provide 219
for a long-range state planning document. The governor shall 220
recommend to the legislature biennially any rev isions to the 221
long-range state planning document, as defined by law. General 222
law shall require a biennial review and revision of the long -223
range state planning document and shall require all departments 224
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and agencies of state government to develop planning d ocuments 225
that identify statewide strategic goals and objectives, 226
consistent with the long -range state planning document. The 227
long-range state planning document and department and agency 228
planning documents shall remain subject to review and revision 229
by the legislature. The long -range state planning document must 230
include projections of future needs and resources of the state 231
which are consistent with the long -range financial outlook. The 232
department and agency planning documents shall include a 233
prioritized listing of planned expenditures for review and 234
possible reduction in the event of revenue shortfalls, as 235
defined by general law. 236
(i) GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY TASK FORCE. No later than 237
January of 2007, and each fourth year thereafter, the president 238
of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and 239
the governor shall appoint a government efficiency task force, 240
the membership of which shall be established by general law. The 241
task force shall be composed of members of the legislature and 242
representatives from the private and public sectors who shall 243
develop recommendations for improving governmental operations 244
and reducing costs. Staff to assist the task force in performing 245
its duties shall be assigned by general law, and the task force 246
may obtain assistance from the private sector. The task force 247
shall complete its work within one year and shall submit its 248
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recommendations to the joint legislative budget commission, the 249
governor, and the chief justice of the supreme court. 250
(i)(j) JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUD GET COMMISSION. There is 251
created within the legislature the joint legislative budget 252
commission composed of equal numbers of senate members appointed 253
by the president of the senate and house members appointed by 254
the speaker of the house of representatives . Each member shall 255
serve at the pleasure of the officer who appointed the member. A 256
vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as 257
the original appointment. From November of each odd -numbered 258
year through October of each even -numbered year, the chairperson 259
of the joint legislative budget commission shall be appointed by 260
the president of the senate and the vice chairperson of the 261
commission shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of 262
representatives. From November of each even -numbered year 263
through October of each odd -numbered year, the chairperson of 264
the joint legislative budget commission shall be appointed by 265
the speaker of the house of representatives and the vice 266
chairperson of the commission shall be appointed by the 267
president of the senate. The joint legislative budget commission 268
shall be governed by the joint rules of the senate and the house 269
of representatives, which shall remain in effect until repealed 270
or amended by concurrent resolution. The commission shall 271
convene at least quarterly and shall convene at the call of the 272
president of the senate and the speaker of the house of 273
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representatives. A majority of the commission members of each 274
house plus one additional member from either house constitutes a 275
quorum. Action by the com mission requires a majority vote of the 276
commission members present of each house. The commission may 277
conduct its meetings through teleconferences or similar means. 278
In addition to the powers and duties specified in this 279
subsection, the joint legislative bud get commission shall 280
exercise all other powers and perform any other duties not in 281
conflict with paragraph (c)(3) and as prescribed by general law 282
or joint rule. 283
ARTICLE IV 284
EXECUTIVE 285
SECTION 2. Lieutenant governor. —There shall be a 286
lieutenant governor, who shall perform such duties pertaining to 287
the office of governor as shall be assigned by the governor, 288
except when otherwise provided by law, and such other duties as 289
may be prescribed by law. 290
SECTION 3. Succession to office of governor; acting 291
governor.— 292
(a) Upon vacancy in the office of governor, the lieutenant 293
governor shall become governor. Further Succession to the office 294
of governor shall be prescribed by law when there is a vacancy 295
in the office of governor . A successor shall serve for the 296
remainder of the term. 297
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(b) Upon impeachment of the governor and until completion 298
of trial thereof, or during the governor's physical or mental 299
incapacity, general law shall prescribe who the lieutenant 300
governor shall act as governor. Further succession as a cting 301
governor may shall be prescribed by law. Incapacity to serve as 302
governor may be determined by the supreme court upon due notice 303
after docketing of a written suggestion thereof by three cabinet 304
members, and in such case restoration of capacity shall b e 305
similarly determined after docketing of written suggestion 306
thereof by the governor, the legislature or three cabinet 307
members. Incapacity to serve as governor may also be established 308
by certificate filed with the custodian of state records by the 309
governor declaring incapacity for physical reasons to serve as 310
governor, and in such case restoration of capacity shall be 311
similarly established. 312
SECTION 4. Cabinet. — 313
(a) There shall be a cabinet composed of an attorney 314
general, a chief financial officer, and a commissioner of 315
agriculture, and a commissioner of government efficiency . In 316
addition to the powers and duties specified herein, they shall 317
exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be 318
prescribed by law. In the event of a tie vote of the gover nor 319
and cabinet, the side on which the governor voted shall be 320
deemed to prevail. 321
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(b) The attorney general shall be the chief state legal 322
officer. There is created in the office of the attorney general 323
the position of statewide prosecutor. The statewide prosecutor 324
shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the state attorneys to 325
prosecute violations of criminal laws occurring or having 326
occurred, in two or more judicial circuits as part of a related 327
transaction, or when any such offense is affecting or has 328
affected two or more judicial circuits as provided by general 329
law. The statewide prosecutor shall be appointed by the attorney 330
general from not less than three persons nominated by the 331
judicial nominating commission for the supreme court, or as 332
otherwise provided by general law. 333
(c) The chief financial officer shall serve as the chief 334
fiscal officer of the state, and shall settle and approve 335
accounts against the state, and shall keep all state funds and 336
securities. 337
(d) The commissioner of agriculture shal l have supervision 338
of matters pertaining to agriculture except as otherwise 339
provided by law. 340
(e) The commissioner of government efficiency shall have 341
the power to audit, investigate, and report on fraud, waste, and 342
abuse exclusively within the executive branch of state 343
government and within counties, municipalities, and special 344
districts as provided by law. 345
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(f)(e) The governor as chair, the chief financial officer, 346
and the attorney general , and the commissioner of government 347
efficiency shall constitute the state board of administration, 348
which shall succeed to all the power, control, and authority of 349
the state board of administration established pursuant to 350
Article IX, Section 16 of the Constitution of 1885, and which 351
shall continue as a body at least for the life of Article XII, 352
Section 9(c). 353
(g)(f) The governor as chair, the chief financial officer, 354
the attorney general, and the commissioner of agriculture , and 355
the commissioner of government efficiency shall constitute the 356
trustees of the internal impr ovement trust fund and the land 357
acquisition trust fund as provided by law. 358
(h)(g) The governor as chair, the chief financial officer, 359
the attorney general, and the commissioner of agriculture , and 360
the commissioner of government efficiency shall constitute the 361
agency head of the Department of Law Enforcement. The Office of 362
Domestic Security and Counterterrorism is created within the 363
Department of Law Enforcement. The Office of Domestic Security 364
and Counterterrorism shall provide support for prosecutors and 365
federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies that 366
investigate or analyze information relating to attempts or acts 367
of terrorism or that prosecute terrorism, and shall perform any 368
other duties that are provided by law. 369
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SECTION 5. Election of governo r, lieutenant governor and 370
cabinet members; qualifications; terms. — 371
(a) At a state-wide general election in each calendar year 372
the number of which is even but not a multiple of four, the 373
electors shall choose a governor and a lieutenant governor and 374
members of the cabinet each for a term of four years beginning 375
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January of the 376
succeeding year. In primary elections, candidates for the office 377
of governor may choose to run without a lieutenant governor 378
candidate. In the general election, all candidates for the 379
offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall form joint 380
candidacies in a manner prescribed by law so that each voter 381
shall cast a single vote for a candidate for governor and a 382
candidate for lieutenant governor running together. 383
(b) When elected, the governor , lieutenant governor and 384
each cabinet member must be an elector not less than thirty 385
years of age who has resided in the state for the preceding 386
seven years. The attorney general must have been a member of the 387
bar of Florida for the preceding five years. No person who has, 388
or but for resignation would have, served as governor or acting 389
governor for more than six years in two consecutive terms shall 390
be elected governor for the succeeding term. 391
SECTION 6. Executive departments. —All functions of the 392
executive branch of state government shall be allotted among not 393
more than twenty-five departments, exclusive of those 394
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specifically provided for or authorized in this constitution. 395
The administration of e ach department, unless otherwise provided 396
in this constitution, shall be placed by law under the direct 397
supervision of the governor, the lieutenant governor, the 398
governor and cabinet, a cabinet member, or an officer or board 399
appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the governor, 400
except: 401
(a) When provided by law, confirmation by the senate or 402
the approval of three members of the cabinet shall be required 403
for appointment to or removal from any designated statutory 404
office. 405
(b) Boards authorized to grant and revoke licenses to 406
engage in regulated occupations shall be assigned to appropriate 407
departments and their members appointed for fixed terms, subject 408
to removal only for cause. 409
ARTICLE VI 410
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS 411
SECTION 4. Disqualifications. — 412
(a) No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in 413
this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be 414
qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil 415
rights or removal of disability. Except as provided in 416
subsection (b) of this sectio n, any disqualification from voting 417
arising from a felony conviction shall terminate and voting 418
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rights shall be restored upon completion of all terms of 419
sentence including parole or probation. 420
(b) No person convicted of murder or a felony sexual 421
offense shall be qualified to vote until restoration of civil 422
rights. 423
(c) No person may appear on the ballot for re -election to 424
any of the following offices: 425
(1) Florida representative, 426
(2) Florida senator, 427
(3) Florida Lieutenant governor, 428
(3)(4) any office of the Florida cabinet, 429
(4)(5) U.S. Representative from Florida, or 430
(5)(6) U.S. Senator from Florida 431
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if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will 433
have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in that 434
office for eight consecutive years. 435
ARTICLE XII 436
SCHEDULE 437
Implementation of amendments relating to the office of the 438
commissioner of government efficiency. — 439
(a) The amendments to Section 19 of Article III and 440
Section 4 of Article IV and the creation of this section shall 441
take effect upon approval by the electors. 442
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(b) Appointment to the office of the commissioner of 443
government efficiency is not subject to Section 1(f) of Article 444
IV, relating to the appointment of any vacancy in state or 445
county office, but the office shal l remain vacant until 446
legislative appointment pursuant to subsection (c). 447
(c) No later than March 2, 2027, the president of the 448
senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall 449
convene the legislature to appoint a person to the office of the 450
commissioner of government efficiency, who shall serve until 451
such time as a person is elected to the office at the 2028 452
general election. The person appointed to the office of the 453
commissioner of government efficiency may not seek election to 454
fill such office as described in subsection (e). The 455
commissioner shall be appointed by the legislature by concurrent 456
resolution. 457
(d) Following legislative appointment of a commissioner of 458
government efficiency pursuant to subsection (c), the office 459
becomes subject to Section 1(f) of Article IV. 460
(e) At the 2028 general election, the office of the 461
commissioner of government efficiency shall be filled by 462
election pursuant to subsection (c), and, beginning with the 463
2030 general election, the office of the commissioner of 464
government efficiency shall be filled by election pursuant to 465
Section 5(a) of Article IV. 466
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(f) At the 2044 general election, the following question 467
shall be placed on the ballot: 468
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ARTICLE IV, SECTION 4 470
REPEAL OF OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF GOVERNMENT EF FICIENCY.— 471
Shall the office of the commissioner of government efficiency be 472
repealed from the constitution? 473
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If the repeal of the office of the commissioner of government 475
efficiency is approved by the electorate, the office shall be 476
repealed on December 31 , 2046, and all references to the office 477
of the commissioner of government efficiency shall be removed 478
from the constitution. 479
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be 481
placed on the ballot: 482
CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND MENTS 483
ARTICLE II, SECTION 2 484
ARTICLE III, SECTIONS 2 , 17, AND 19 485
ARTICLE IV, SECTIONS 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6 486
ARTICLE VI, SECTION 4 487
ARTICLE XII 488
CREATION OF OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY 489
AND REPEAL OF OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.—Proposing 490
amendments to the State Constituti on to repeal the creation of 491
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
the office of Lieutenant Governor, the office of Legislative 492
Auditor, and the Government Efficiency Task Force, to create the 493
office of the Commissioner of Government Efficiency as a Cabinet 494
officer, and to revise provisions re lating to government 495
efficiency and succession to the office of Governor if there is 496
a vacancy or in the case of impeachment or incapacity. 497