Title: Transfer of Vetoed Appropriations to the Budget Stabilization Fund

Summary: Proposes amendment to State Constitution to provide that specific appropriation originating from General Revenue Fund, upon veto by Governor, shall be transferred to Budget Stabilization Fund, to specify that amount transferred may not be used in calculating fund's principal balance limitation, & to provide that, if veto is overridden, amount transferred shall be returned to General Revenue Fund for expenditure.

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A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 2 of Article III of the State Constitution to provide that any specific appropriation originating from the General Revenue Fund, upon veto by the Governor, shall be transferred to the Budget Stabilization Fund, to specify that the amount transferred may not be used in calculating the fund's principal balance limitation, and to provide that, if the veto is overr idden, the amount transferred shall be returned to the General Revenue Fund for expenditure. Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: That the following amendment to Section of Article III of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next general election or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that purpose: ARTICLE III LEGISLATURE SECTION 8. Executive approval and veto.-(a) Every bill passed by the legislature shall be presented to the governor for approval and shall become a law if the governor approves and signs it, or fails to veto it within seven consecutive days after presentation. If during that period HJR 2016 hjr0531 FL OR I DA HO US EO FR EP RE SE NT A TI VE Sor on th eseventh day the legislature adjourns sine die or takes a recess of more than thirty days, the governor shall have fifteen consecutive days from the date of presentation to act on the bill. In all cases except general appropriation bills, the veto shall extend to the entire bill. The governor may veto any specific appropriation in a general appropriation bill, but may not veto any qualification or restriction without also vetoing the appropriation to which it relates. (b) When a bill or any specific appr opriation of a general appropriation bill has been vetoed, the governor shall transmit signed objections thereto to the house in which the bill originated if in session. If that house is not in session, the governor shall file them with the custodian of st ate records, who shall lay them before that house at its next regular or special session, whichever occurs first, and they shall be entered on its journal. If the originating house votes to reenact re-enact a vetoed measure, whether in a regular or special session, and the other house does not consider or fails to reenact re-enact the vetoed measure, no further consideration by either house at any subsequent session may be taken. If a vetoed measure is presented at a special session and the originating hous edoes not consider it, the measure will be available for consideration at any intervening special session and until the end of the next regular session. (c) If each house shall, by a two-thirds vote, reenacts re-enact the bill or reinstates reinstate the vetoed specific HJR 2016 hjr0531 FL OR I DA HO US EO FR EP RE SE NT A TI VE Sappropriation of a general appropriation bill, the vote of each member voting shall be entered on the respective journals, and the bill shall become law or the specific appropriation reinstated, the veto notwithstanding. (d) A vetoed sp ecific appropriation originating from the general revenue fund, immediately upon being vetoed by the governor, shall be transferred to the budget stabilization fund, and the amount transferred shall not be used in calculating the principal balance limitati on specified for the budget stabilization fund in section 19(g) of this article. If the vetoed specific appropriation is reinstated by the legislature, the amount transferred to the budget stabilization fund shall be returned to the general revenue fund fo rexpenditure in accordance with the specific appropriation. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be placed on the ballot: CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND MENT ARTICLE III, SECTION 70 TRANSFER OF VETOED APPROPRIATIONS TO THE BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND.-Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to provide that any specific appropriation originating from the General Revenue Fund, upon veto by the Governor, shall be transferred to the Budget Stabilization Fund. The amount transferred may not be use din calculating the fund's principal balance limitation. If the veto is overridden by the Legislature, the amount transferred shall be returned to the HJR 2016 hjr0531 FL OR I DA HO US EO FR EP RE SE NT A TI VE SGeneral Revenue Fund for expenditure in accordance with the specific appropriation.