The swine, poultry and catfish industries have the same thing. Many cities and counties have amendments in the constitution, granting them special authority for everything from bingo to bonds. The constitution written in 1901 now has more than 550 amendments, and they have become its guardians. It was passed for somebody to be able to do something. They're all paranoid about what might happen to them if you change the constitution.
History bears that out.
When constitutional reform fever next took hold, under Gov. Albert Brewer in 1969, the special interests fought even the creation of a commission to study the issue. The bill to create a commission passed, with a fight, but the commission's proposed new constitution came to nothing in the Legislature. In 1979, special interests successfully fought Fob James' efforts to rewrite the constitution. James' proposed constitution passed the Senate but collapsed in the House. In 1983, Lt. Gov. Bill Baxley and Sen. Ryan deGraffenried Jr. tried for a simple streamlining of the constitution that didn't challenge earmarking or the lid bill.