Bill Text: FL S0116 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Transfer of Vetoed Appropriations to the Budget Stabilization Fund
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2017-05-05 - Died in Judiciary [S0116 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S0116-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2017 SJR 116 By Senator Hutson 7-00145-17 2017116__ 1 Senate Joint Resolution 2 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 8 3 of Article III of the State Constitution to require 4 the transfer of the amount of a vetoed specific 5 appropriation originating from the General Revenue 6 Fund to the Budget Stabilization Fund, to specify that 7 the amount transferred may not be used in calculating 8 the Budget Stabilization Fund’s principal balance 9 limitation, and to provide for the transfer of funds 10 for vetoed specific appropriations that are 11 reinstated. 12 13 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14 15 That the following amendment to Section 8 of Article III of 16 the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to 17 the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next 18 general election or at an earlier special election specifically 19 authorized by law for that purpose: 20 ARTICLE III 21 LEGISLATURE 22 SECTION 8. Executive approval and veto.— 23 (a) Every bill passed by the legislature shall be presented 24 to the governor for approval and shall become a law if the 25 governor approves and signs it, or fails to veto it within seven 26 consecutive days after presentation. If during that period or on 27 the seventh day the legislature adjourns sine die or takes a 28 recess of more than thirty days, the governor shall have fifteen 29 consecutive days from the date of presentation to act on the 30 bill. In all cases except general appropriation bills, the veto 31 shall extend to the entire bill. The governor may veto any 32 specific appropriation in a general appropriation bill, but may 33 not veto any qualification or restriction without also vetoing 34 the appropriation to which it relates. 35 (b) When a bill or any specific appropriation of a general 36 appropriation bill has been vetoed, the governor shall transmit 37 signed objections thereto to the house in which the bill 38 originated if in session. If that house is not in session, the 39 governor shall file them with the custodian of state records, 40 who shall lay them before that house at its next regular or 41 special session, whichever occurs first, and they shall be 42 entered on its journal. If the originating house votes to 43 reenactre-enacta vetoed measure, whether in a regular or 44 special session, and the other house does not consider or fails 45 to reenactre-enactthe vetoed measure, no further consideration 46 by either house at any subsequent session may be taken. If a 47 vetoed measure is presented at a special session and the 48 originating house does not consider it, the measure will be 49 available for consideration at any intervening special session 50 and until the end of the next regular session. 51 (c) If each houseshall, by a two-thirds vote, reenactsre52enactthe bill or reinstatesreinstatethe vetoed specific 53 appropriation of a general appropriation bill, the vote of each 54 member voting shall be entered on the respective journals, and 55 the bill shall become law or the specific appropriation 56 reinstated, the veto notwithstanding. 57 (d) A vetoed specific appropriation originating from the 58 general revenue fund, immediately upon being vetoed by the 59 governor, shall be transferred to the budget stabilization fund, 60 and the amount transferred may not be used in calculating the 61 principal balance limitation specified for the budget 62 stabilization fund in section 19(g) of this article. If the 63 vetoed specific appropriation is reinstated by the legislature, 64 the amount transferred to the budget stabilization fund shall be 65 returned to the general revenue fund for expenditure in 66 accordance with the specific appropriation. 67 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be 68 placed on the ballot: 69 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 70 ARTICLE III, SECTION 8 71 TRANSFER OF VETOED APPROPRIATIONS TO THE BUDGET 72 STABILIZATION FUND.—Proposing an amendment to the State 73 Constitution to require that any specific appropriation 74 originating from the General Revenue Fund and vetoed by the 75 Governor be transferred to the Budget Stabilization Fund. The 76 amount transferred may not be used in calculating the fund’s 77 principal balance limitation. If the Legislature overrides the 78 veto, the amount transferred shall be returned to the General 79 Revenue Fund for expenditure in accordance with the specific 80 appropriation.