The Constitution of the State of Florida as revised in 1968 consisted of certain revised articles as proposed by three joint resolutions which were adopted during the special session of June 24-July 3, 1968, and ratified by the electorate on November 5, 1968, together with one article carried forward from the Constitution of 1885, as amended. The articles proposed in House Joint Resolution 1-2X constituted the entire revised constitution with the exception of Articles V, VI, and VIII. Senate Joint Resolution 4-2X proposed Article VI, relating to suffrage and elections. Senate Joint Resolution 5-2X proposed a new Article VIII, relating to local government. Article V, relating to the judiciary, was carried forward from the Constitution of 1885, as amended.
Sections composing the 1968 revision have no history notes. Subsequent changes are indicated by notes appended to the affected sections. The indexes appearing at the beginning of each article, notes appearing at the end of various sections, and section and subsection headings are added editorially and are not to be considered as part of the constitution.
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Preamble
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Article I - Declaration of Rights
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Section 1. Political Power
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Section 2. Basic rights
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Section 3. Religious Freedom
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Section 4. Freedom of speech and press
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Section 5. Right to Assemble
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Section 6. Right to Work
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Section 7. Military Power
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Section 8. Right to Bear Arms
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Section 9. Due Process
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Section 10. Prohibited Laws
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Section 11. Imprisonment for debt
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Section 12. Searches and Seizures
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Section 13. Habeas Corpus
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Section 14. Pretrial Release and Detention
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Section 15. Prosecution for crime; offenses committed by children
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Section 16. Rights of Accused and of Victims
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Section 17. Excessive Punishments
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Section 18. Administrative Penalties
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Section 19. Costs
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Section 20. Treason
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Section 21. Access to Courts
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Section 22. Trial by Jury
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Section 23. Right of Privacy
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Section 24. Access to Public Records and Meetings
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Section 25. Taxpayers' Bill of Rights
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Section 26. Claimant's right to fair compensation
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Article II - General Provisions
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Section 1. State Boundaries
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Section 2. Seat of Government
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Section 3. Branches of Government
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Section 4. State Seal and Flag
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Section 5. Public Officers
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Section 6. Enemy Attack
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Section 7. Natural Resources and Scenic Beauty
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Section 8. Ethics in Government
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Section 9. English is the Official Language of Florida
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Article III - Legislature
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Section 1. Composition
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Section 2. Members; Officers
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Section 3. Sessions of the Legislature
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Section 4. Quorum and procedure
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Section 5. Investigations; witnesses
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Section 6. Laws
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Section 7. Passage of Bills
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Section 8. Executive Approval and Veto
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Section 9. Effective Date of Laws
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Section 10. Special laws
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Section 11. Prohibited Special Laws
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Section 12. Appropriation Bills
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Section 13. Term of Office
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Section 14. Civil Service System
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Section 15. Terms and qualifications of legislators
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Section 16. Legislative Apportionment
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Section 17. Impeachment
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Section 18. Conflict of Interest
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Section 19. State Budgeting, Planning and Appropriations Processes
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Article IV - Executive
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Section 1. Governor
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Section 2. Lieutenant Governor
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Section 3. Succession to office of governor; acting governor
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Section 4. Cabinet
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Section 5. Election of governor, lieutenant governor and cabinet members; qualifications; terms.
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Section 6. Executive Departments
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Section 7. Suspensions; filling office during suspensions
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Section 8. Clemency
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Section 9. Fish and wildlife conservation commission
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Section 10. Attorney General
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Section 11. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Section 12. Department of Elderly Affairs
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Section 13. Revenue Shortfalls
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Article V - Judiciary
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Section 1. Courts
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Section 2. Administration; practice and procedure
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Section 3. Supreme court
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Section 4. District courts of appeal
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Section 5. Circuit courts
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Section 6. County Courts
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Section 7. Specialized Divisions
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Section 8. Eligibility
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Section 9. Determination of number of judges
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Section 10. Retention; Election and Terms
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Section 11. Vacancies
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Section 12. Discipline; removal and retirement
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Section 13. Prohibited Activities
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Section 14. Funding
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Section 15. Attorneys; admission and discipline
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Section 16. Clerks of the circuit courts
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Section 17. State Attorneys
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Section 18. Public Defenders
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Section 19. Judicial officers as conservators of the peace
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Section 20. Schedule to Article V
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Article VI - Suffrage and Elections
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Section 1. Regulation of elections
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Section 2. Electors
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Section 3. Oath
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Section 4. Disqualifications
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Section 5. Primary, general, and special elections
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Section 6. Municipal and district elections
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Section 7. Campaign spending limits and funding of campaigns for elective state-wide office
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Article VII - Finance and Taxation
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Section 1. Taxation; appropriations; state expenses; state revenue limitation
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Section 2. Taxes; rate
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Section 3. Taxes; exemptions
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Section 4. Taxation; assessments
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Section 5. Estate, inheritance and income taxes
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Section 6. Homestead exemptions
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Section 7. Allocation of pari-mutuel taxes
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Section 8. Aid to local governments
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Section 9. Local taxes
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Section 10. Pledging credit
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Section 11. State bonds; revenue bonds
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Section 12. Local bonds
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Section 13. Relief from illegal taxes
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Section 14. Bonds for pollution control and abatement and other water facilities
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Section 15. Revenue bonds for scholarship loans
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Section 16. Bonds for housing and related facilities
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Section 17. Bonds for acquiring transportation right-of-way or for constructing bridges
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Section 18. Laws requiring counties or municipalities to spend funds or limiting their ability to raise revenue or receive state tax revenue
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Article VIII - Local Government
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Section 1. Counties
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Section 2. Municipalities
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Section 3. Consolidation
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Section 4. Transfer of powers
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Section 5. Local Option
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Section 6. Schedule to Article VIII
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Article IX - Education
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Section 1. Public education
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Section 2. State board of education
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Section 3. Terms of appointive board members
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Section 4. School districts; school boards
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Section 5. Superintendent of schools
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Section 6. State school fund
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Section 7. State University System
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Article X - Miscellaneous
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Section 1. Amendments to United States Constitution.
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Section 2. Militia
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Section 3. Vacancy in office
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Section 4. Homestead; exemptions
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Section 5. Coverture and property
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Section 6. Eminent domain
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Section 7. Lotteries
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Section 8. Census
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Section 9. Repeal of criminal statutes
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Section 10. Felony; definition
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Section 11. Sovereignty lands
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Section 12. Rules of construction
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Section 13. Suits against the state
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Section 14. State retirement systems benefit changes
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Section 15. State operated lotteries
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Section 16. Limiting marine net fishing
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Section 17. Everglades Trust Fund
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Section 18. Disposition of conservation lands
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Section 19. High speed ground transportation system
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Section 20. Workplaces without tobacco smoke
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Section 21. Limiting cruel and inhumane confinement of pigs during pregnancy
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Section 22. Parental notice of termination of a minor's pregnancy
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Section 23. Slot machines
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Section 24. Florida minimum wage
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Section 25. Patients' right to know about adverse medical incidents
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Section 26. Prohibition of medical license after repeated medical malpractice
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Section 27. Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education And Prevention Program
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Article XI - Amendments
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Section 1. Proposal by legislature
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Section 2. Revision commission
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Section 3. Initiative
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Section 4. Constitutional convention
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Section 5. Amendment or revision election
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Section 6. Taxation and budget reform commission
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Section 7. Tax or fee limitation
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Article XII - Schedule
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Section 1. Constitution of 1885 superseded
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Section 2. Property taxes; millages
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Section 3. Officers to continue in office
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Section 4. State commissioner of education
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Section 5. Superintendent of schools
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Section 6. Laws preserved
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Section 7. Rights reserved
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Section 8. Public debts recognized
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Section 9. Bonds
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Section 10. Preservation of existing government
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Section 11. Deletion of obsolete schedule items
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Section 12. Senators
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Section 13. Legislative apportionment
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Section 14. Representatives; terms
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Section 15. Special district taxes
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Section 16. Reorganization
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Section 17. Conflicting provisions
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Section 18. Bonds for housing and related facilities
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Section 19. Renewable energy source property
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Section 20. Access to public records
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Section 21. State revenue limitation
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Section 22. Historic property exemption and assessment
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Section 23. Fish and wildlife conservation commission
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Section 24. Executive branch reform
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Section 25. Schedule to Article V amendment
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Section 26. Increased homestead exemption
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Section 27. Property tax exemptions and limitations on property tax assessments
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