Bill Text: FL H1525 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Nonbinding Statewide Advisory Referendum

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-21 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted CS/SB 2742; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 2742 (Ch. 2010-213) -HJ 00809 [H1525 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1525-Comm_Sub.html

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CS/HB 1525

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to a nonbinding statewide advisory
3	referendum; requiring that a question regarding a balanced
4	federal budget be printed on the ballot and submitted to
5	the voters in the 2010 general election; providing an
6	effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1. Nonbinding statewide advisory referendum.-At
11	the 2010 general election, the following question shall be
12	printed on the ballot and submitted to the voters:
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14	BALANCING THE FEDERAL BUDGET
15	A NONBINDING REFERENDUM CALLING FOR AN AMENDMENT
16	TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
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18	In order to stop the uncontrolled growth of our
19	national debt and prevent excessive borrowing by the
20	Federal Government, which threatens jobs, robs America
21	and our children of their opportunity for success, and
22	threatens our national security, should the United
23	States Constitution be amended to require a balanced
24	federal budget without raising taxes?
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26	YES □ NO □
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28	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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