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Florida Raising of Revenue for the State Amendment (1938)
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| Topic Education and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Florida Raising of Revenue for the State Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Florida on November 8, 1938. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported requiring the state to raise funds to provide for education and to pay existing indebtedness. |
A “no” vote opposed requiring the state to raise funds to provide for education and to pay existing indebtedness. |
Election results
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110,104 | 87.94% | ||
| No | 15,106 | 12.06% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Raising of Revenue for the State Amendment was as follows:
| “ | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE IX, SECTION 2 To Amend Section 2 of Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Florida requiring the raising of revenue to defray the expenses of State Government, including State appropriations for benefit of uniform system of public free schools and of State Institutions of Higher Learning, and also a sufficient sum to pay the principal and interest of the existing indebtedness of the State. FOR THE AMENDMENT AGAINST THE AMENDMENT | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Constitutional changes
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Section 2. The Legislature shall provide for raising revenue to defray the expenses of the State, including state appropriations for the benefit of the Uniform system of public free schools provided in accordance with Article XII of the Constitution, and of the State Institutions of Higher Learning, for each fiscal year, and also a sufficient sum to pay the principal and interest of the existing indebtedness of the State. |
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"
- St. Petersburg Times, "Sample Ballot for Today," November 8, 1938
Footnotes
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