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Contents
- Preliminary Material
- Main Text
- Part One The History of the Florida Constitution
- The History and Development of the Florida Constitution
- The Beginning of the Territory
- The Territorial Structure
- The Constitution of 1838
- Florida Becomes a State
- The Constitution of 1861
- The Constitution of 1865
- The Constitution of 1868
- Reconstruction
- The Constitution of 1885
- 1885–1968: The Ever-Changing Constitution
- The Constitution Revision of 1968
- Amendments 1969–1980
- The First Constitution Revision Commission and the Second Decade of the 1968 Constitution
- The Second Revision Commission, the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission, and the Continued Revision by Initiative and Legislative Proposals
- Conclusion
- The History and Development of the Florida Constitution
- Part Two The Florida Constitution and Commentary
- Preliminary Material
- Preamble
- Art.I Declaration of Rights
- s.1 Political Power.
- s.2 Basic Rights.
- s.3 Religious Freedom.
- s.4 Freedom of Speech and Press.
- s.5 Right to Assemble.
- s.6 Right to Work.
- s.7 Military Power.
- s.8 Right to Bear Arms.
- s.9 Due Process.
- s.10 Prohibited Laws.
- s.11 Imprisonment for Debt.
- s.12 Searches and Seizures.
- s.13 Habeas Corpus.
- s.14 Pretrial Release and Detention.
- s.15 Prosecution for Crime; Offenses Committed by Children.
- s.16 Rights of Accused and of Victims.
- s.17 Excessive Punishments.
- s.18 Administrative Penalties.
- s.19 Costs.
- s.20 Treason.
- s.21 Access to Courts.
- s.22 Trial by Jury.
- s.23 Right of Privacy.
- s.24 Access to Public Records and Meetings.
- s.25 1 Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights.
- s.26 Claimant’s Right to Fair Compensation.
- s.27 Marriage Defined.
- Art.II General Provisions
- Art.III Legislature
- s.1 Composition.
- s.2 Members; Officers.
- s.3 Sessions of the Legislature.
- s.4 Quorum and Procedure.
- s.5 Investigations; Witnesses.
- s.6 Laws.
- s.7 Passage of Bills.
- s.8 Executive Approval and Veto.
- s.9 Effective Date of Laws.
- s.10 Special Laws.
- s.11 Prohibited Special Laws.
- s.12 Appropriation Bills.
- s.13 Term of Office.
- s.14 Civil Service System.
- s.15 Terms and Qualifications of Legislators.
- s.16 Legislative Apportionment.
- s.17 Impeachment.
- s.18 Conflict of Interest.
- s.19 State Budgeting, Planning and Appropriations Processes.
- s.20 Standards for Establishing Congressional District Boundaries.
- s.21 Standards for Establishing Legislative District Boundaries.
- Art.IV Executive
- s.1 Governor.
- s.2 Lieutenant Governor.
- s.3 Succession to office of Governor; Acting Governor.
- s.4 Cabinet.
- s.5 Election of Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Cabinet Members; Qualifications; Terms.
- s.6 Executive Departments.
- s.7 Suspensions; Filling Office During Suspensions.
- s.8 Clemency.
- s.9 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
- s.10 Attorney General.
- s.11 Department of Veterans Affairs.
- s.12 Department of Elderly Affairs.
- s.13 Revenue Shortfalls.
- Art.V Judiciary
- s.1 Courts.
- s.2 Administration; Practice and Procedure.
- s.3 Supreme Court.
- s.4 District Courts of Appeal.
- s.5 Circuit Courts.
- s.6 County Courts.
- s.7 Specialized Divisions.
- s.8 Eligibility.
- s.9 Determination of Number of Judges.
- s.10 Retention; Election and Terms.
- s.11 Vacancies.
- s.12 Discipline; Removal and Retirement.
- s.13 Prohibited Activities.
- s.14 Funding.
- s.15 Attorneys; Admission and Discipline.
- s.16 Clerks of the Circuit Courts.
- s.17 State Attorneys.
- s.18 Public Defenders.
- s.19 Judicial Officers as Conservators of the Peace.
- s.20 Schedule to Article V.
- Art.VI Suffrage and Elections
- Art.VII Finance and Taxation
- s.1 Taxation; Appropriations; State Expenses; State Revenue Limitation.
- s.2 Taxes; Rate.
- s.3 Taxes; Exemptions.
- s.4 Taxation; Assessments.
- s.5 Estate, Inheritance and Income Taxes.
- s.6 Homestead Exemptions.
- s.7 Allocation of Pari-Mutuel Taxes.
- s.8 Aid to Local Governments.
- s.9 Local Taxes.
- s.10 Pledging Credit.
- s.11 State Bonds; Revenue Bonds.
- s.12 Local Bonds.
- s.13 Relief from Illegal Uaxes.
- s.14 Bonds for Pollution Control and Abatement and other Water Facilities.
- s.15 Revenue Bonds for Scholarship Loans.
- s.16 Bonds for Housing and Related Facilities.
- s.17 Bonds for Acquiring Transportation Right-of-Way or for Constructing Bridges.
- s.18 Laws Requiring Counties or Municipalities to Spend Funds or Limiting their Ability to Raise Revenue or Receive State Tax Revenue.
- Art.VIII Local Government
- Art.IX Education
- Art.X Miscellaneous
- s.1 Amendments to United States Constitution.
- s.2 Militia.
- s.3 Vacancy in Office.
- s.4 Homestead; Exemptions.
- s.5 Coverture and Property.
- s.6 Eminent Domain.
- s.7 Lotteries.
- s.8 Census.
- s.9 Repeal of Criminal Statutes.
- s.10 Felony; Definition.
- s.11 Sovereignty Lands.
- s.12 Rules of Construction.
- s.13 Suits Against the State.
- s.14 State Retirement Systems Benefit Changes.
- s.15 State Operated Lotteries.
- s.16 Limiting Marine Net Fishing.
- s.17 Everglades Trust Fund.
- s.18 Disposition of Conservation Lands.
- s.19 [Repealed]High Speed Ground Transportation System.
- s.20 Workplaces without Tobacco Smoke.
- s.21 Limiting Cruel and Inhumane Confinement of Pigs During Pregnancy
- s.22 Parental Notice of Termination of a Minor’s Pregnancy.
- s.23 Slot machines.
- s.24 Florida Minimum Wage.
- s.25 Patients’ Right to know about Adverse Medical Incidents.
- s.26 Prohibition of medical license after repeated medical malpractice.
- s.27 Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education and Prevention Program.
- s.28 Land Acquisition Trust Fund.
- Art.XI Amendments
- Art.XII Schedule
- s.1 Constitution of 1885 Superseded.
- s.2 Property Taxes; Millages.
- s.3 Officers to Continue in Office.
- s.4 State Commissioner of Education.
- s.5 Superintendent of Schools.
- s.6 Laws Preserved.
- s.7 Rights Reserved.
- s.8 Public Debts Recognized.
- s.9 Bonds.
- s.10 Preservation of Existing Government.
- s.11 Deletion of Obsolete Schedule Items.
- s.12 Senators.
- s.13 Legislative Apportionment.
- s.14 Representatives; Terms.
- s.15 Special District Taxes.
- s.16 Reorganization.
- s.17 Conflicting Provisions.
- s.18 Bonds for Housing and Related Facilities.
- s.19 Renewable Energy Source Property.
- s.20 Access to Public Records.
- s.21 State Revenue Limitation.
- s.22 Historic Property Exemption and Assessment.
- s.23 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
- s.24 Executive branch reform.
- s.25 Schedule to Article V Amendment.
- s.26 Increased Homestead Exemption.
- s.27 Property Tax Exemptions and Limitations on Property Tax Assessments.
- s.28 Property Tax Exemption and Classification and Assessment of Land Used for Conservation Purposes.
- s.29 Limitation on the Assessed Value of Real Property Used for Residential Purposes.
- s.30 Assessment of Working Waterfront Property.
- s.31 Additional Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Certain Members of the Armed Forces Deployed on Active Duty Outside of the United States.
- s.32 Veterans Disabled Due to Combat Injury; Homestead Property Tax Discount.
- s.33 Ad valorem Tax Relief for Surviving Spouses of Veterans who Died from Service-Connected Causes and First Responders who Died in the Line of Duty.
- Part One The History of the Florida Constitution
- Further Material
