Florida constitution

Article I: "declaration of rights"

Section 1 - All political power is inherent in the people. The enunciation...

Section 2 - All natural persons, female and male alike, are equal before...

Section 3 - There shall be no law respecting the establishment of religion...

Section 4 - Every person may speak, write and publish sentiments on all...

Section 5 - The people shall have the right peaceably to assemble, to...

Section 6 - The right of persons to work shall not be denied...

Section 7 - The military power shall be subordinate to the civil.

Section 8 - (d) This restriction shall not apply to a trade in...

Section 9 - No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property...

Section 10 - No bill of attainder, ex post facto law or law...

Section 11 - No person shall be imprisoned for debt, except in cases...

Section 12 - The right of the people to be secure in their...

Section 13 - The writ of habeas corpus shall be grantable of right,...

Section 14 - Unless charged with a capital offense or an offense punishable...

Section 15 - (b) When authorized by law, a child as therein defined...

Section 16 - (e) As used in this section, a “victim” is a...

Section 17 - Excessive fines, cruel and unusual punishment, attainder, forfeiture of estate,...

Section 18 - No administrative agency, except the Department of Military Affairs in...

Section 19 - No person charged with crime shall be compelled to pay...

Section 20 - Treason against the state shall consist only in levying war...

Section 21 - The courts shall be open to every person for redress...

Section 22 - The right of trial by jury shall be secure to...

Section 23 - Every natural person has the right to be let alone...

Section 24 - (d) All laws that are in effect on July 1,...

Section 25 - By general law the legislature shall prescribe and adopt a...

Section 26 - (b) This Amendment shall take effect on the day following...

Section 27 - Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one...

Article II: "general provisions"

Section 1 - (b) The coastal boundaries may be extended by statute to...

Section 2 - The seat of government shall be the City of Tallahassee,...

Section 3 - The powers of the state government shall be divided into...

Section 4 - The design of the great seal and flag of the...

Section 5 - (c) The powers, duties, compensation and method of payment of...

Section 6 - In periods of emergency resulting from enemy attack the legislature...

Section 7 - (c) To protect the people of Florida and their environment,...

Section 8 - (3) The independent commission provided for in subsection (f) shall...

Section 9 - (b) The legislature shall have the power to enforce this...

Article III: "legislature"

Section 1 - The legislative power of the state shall be vested in...

Section 2 - Each house shall be the sole judge of the qualifications,...

Section 3 - (f) ADJOURNMENT BY GOVERNOR. If, during any regular or special...

Section 4 - (e) The rules of procedure of each house shall provide...

Section 5 - Each house, when in session, may compel attendance of witnesses...

Section 6 - Every law shall embrace but one subject and matter properly...

Section 7 - Any bill may originate in either house and after passage...

Section 8 - (c) If each house shall, by a two-thirds vote, re-enact...

Section 9 - Each law shall take effect on the sixtieth day after...

Section 10 - No special law shall be passed unless notice of intention...

Section 11 - s. 1013.37(5), F.S. (Pertaining to the "State Uniform Building Code...

Section 12 - Laws making appropriations for salaries of public officers and other...

Section 13 - No office shall be created the term of which shall...

Section 14 - By law there shall be created a civil service system...

Section 15 - (d) ASSUMING OFFICE; VACANCIES. Members of the legislature shall take...

Section 16 - (f) JUDICIAL REAPPORTIONMENT. Should an extraordinary apportionment session fail to...

Section 17 - (c) All impeachments by the house of representatives shall be...

Section 18 - A code of ethics for all state employees and nonjudicial...

Section 19 - (j) JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMISSION. There is created within the...

Article IV: "executive"

Section 1 - (f) When not otherwise provided for in this constitution, the...

Section 2 - There shall be a lieutenant governor, who shall perform such...

Section 3 - (b) Upon impeachment of the governor and until completion of...

Section 4 - (g) The governor as chair, the chief financial officer, the...

Section 5 - (b) When elected, the governor, lieutenant governor and each cabinet...

Section 6 - (b) Boards authorized to grant and revoke licenses to engage...

Section 7 - (c) By order of the governor any elected municipal officer...

Section 8 - (c) There may be created by law a parole and...

Section 9 - There shall be a fish and wildlife conservation commission, composed...

Section 10 - The attorney general shall, as directed by general law, request...

Section 11 - The legislature, by general law, shall provide for a Department...

Section 12 - The legislature may create a Department of Elderly Affairs and...

Section 13 - In the event of revenue shortfalls, as defined by general...

Article V: "judiciary"

Section 1 - The judicial power shall be vested in a supreme court,...

Section 2 - (d) A chief judge in each circuit shall be chosen...

Section 3 - (c) CLERK AND MARSHAL.--The supreme court shall appoint a clerk...

Section 4 - (c) CLERKS AND MARSHALS.--Each district court of appeal shall appoint...

Section 5 - (b) JURISDICTION.--The circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction not vested...

Section 6 - (b) JURISDICTION.--The county courts shall exercise the jurisdiction prescribed by...

Section 7 - All courts except the supreme court may sit in divisions...

Section 8 - No person shall be eligible for office of justice or...

Section 9 - The supreme court shall establish by rule uniform criteria for...

Section 10 - c. After the year 2000, a county may initiate the...

Section 11 - (d) There shall be a separate judicial nominating commission as...

Section 12 - k. The compensation of members and referees shall be the...

Section 13 - (b) A former justice or former judge shall not lobby...

Section 14 - (d) The judiciary shall have no power to fix appropriations.

Section 15 - The supreme court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to regulate the...

Section 16 - There shall be in each county a clerk of the...

Section 17 - In each judicial circuit a state attorney shall be elected...

Section 18 - In each judicial circuit a public defender shall be elected...

Section 19 - All judicial officers in this state shall be conservators of...

Section 20 - (j) EFFECTIVE DATE.--Unless otherwise provided herein, this article shall become...

Section 21 - In interpreting a state statute or rule, a state court...

Article VI: "suffrage and elections"

Section 1 - All elections by the people shall be by direct and...

Section 2 - Only a citizen of the United States who is at...

Section 3 - Each eligible citizen upon registering shall subscribe the following: "I...

Section 4 - if, by the end of the current term of office,...

Section 5 - (b) If all candidates for an office have the same...

Section 6 - Registration and elections in municipalities shall, and in other governmental...

Section 7 - It is the policy of this state to provide for...

Article VII: "finance and taxation"

Section 1 - (e) Except as provided herein, state revenues collected for any...

Section 2 - All ad valorem taxation shall be at a uniform rate...

Section 3 - (g) By general law and subject to the conditions specified...

Section 4 - (2) The assessment benefit provided by this subsection is subject...

Section 5 - (c) EFFECTIVE DATE. This section shall become effective immediately upon...

Section 6 - As used in this subsection and as further defined by...

Section 7 - Taxes upon the operation of pari-mutuel pools may be preempted...

Section 8 - State funds may be appropriated to the several counties, school...

Section 9 - (b) Ad valorem taxes, exclusive of taxes levied for the...

Section 10 - (d) a municipality, county, special district, or agency of any...

Section 11 - (f) Each project, building, or facility to be financed or...

Section 12 - (b) to refund outstanding bonds and interest and redemption premium...

Section 13 - Until payment of all taxes which have been legally assessed...

Section 14 - (e) The total outstanding principal of state bonds issued pursuant...

Section 15 - (b) Interest moneys in the fund established pursuant to this...

Cf.--s. 18, art. XII schedule. - (c) No bonds shall be issued unless a state fiscal...

Section 17 - (c) No bonds shall be issued under this section unless...

Section 18 - (e) The legislature may enact laws to assist in the...

Section 19 - (e) SINGLE-SUBJECT. A state tax or fee imposed, authorized, or...

Article VIII: "local government"

Section 1 - (k) COUNTY SEAT. In every county there shall be a...

Section 2 - (c) ANNEXATION. Municipal annexation of unincorporated territory, merger of municipalities,...

Section 3 - The government of a county and the government of one...

Section 4 - By law or by resolution of the governing bodies of...

Section 5 - (b) Each county shall have the authority to require a...

Section 6 - (h) DELETION OF OBSOLETE SCHEDULE ITEMS. The legislature shall have...

1note.--section 9 of art. VIII of the constitution of 1885, as amended, reads as follows: - The Legislature shall have power to establish, alter or abolish,...

2note.--section 10, art. VIII of the constitution of 1885, as amended, reads as follows: - The Legislature shall have power to establish, alter or abolish,...

3note.--section 11 of art. VIII of the constitution of 1885, as amended, reads as follows: - (9) It is declared to be the intent of the...

4note.--section 24 of art. VIII of the constitution of 1885, as amended, reads as follows: - (9) This section shall not restrict or limit the legislature...

Article IX: "education"

Section 1 - (c) The early childhood education and development programs provided by...

Section 2 - The state board of education shall be a body corporate...

Section 3 - Members of any appointive board dealing with education may serve...

Section 4 - (b) The school board shall operate, control and supervise all...

Section 5 - In each school district there shall be a superintendent of...

Section 6 - The income derived from the state school fund shall, and...

Section 7 - (e) FEES. Any proposal or action of a constituent university...

Section 8 - (d) ROLE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. The state...

Article X: "miscellaneous"

Section 1 - The legislature shall not take action on any proposed amendment...

Section 2 - (d) The qualifications of personnel and officers of the federally...

Section 3 - Vacancy in office shall occur upon the creation of an...

Section 4 - (c) The homestead shall not be subject to devise if...

Section 5 - There shall be no distinction between married women and married...

Section 6 - (c) Private property taken by eminent domain pursuant to a...

Section 7 - Lotteries, other than the types of pari-mutuel pools authorized by...

Section 8 - (b) Each decennial census, for the purpose of classifications based...

Section 9 - Repeal of a criminal statute shall not affect prosecution for...

Section 10 - The term "felony" as used herein and in the laws...

Section 11 - The title to lands under navigable waters, within the boundaries...

Section 12 - (h) Titles and subtitles shall not be used in construction.

Section 13 - Provision may be made by general law for bringing suit...

Section 14 - A governmental unit responsible for any retirement or pension system...

Section 15 - (1) Schedule--On the effective date of this amendment, the lotteries...

Section 16 - (h) This section shall take effect on the July 1...

Section 17 - (d) For purposes of this subsection, the terms "Everglades Protection...

Section 18 - Disposition of conservation lands.--The fee interest in real property held...

Section 20 - (d) LEGISLATION. In the next regular legislative session occurring after...

Section 21 - (g) This section shall take effect six years after approval...

Section 22 - The Legislature shall not limit or deny the privacy right...

Section 23 - (d) This amendment shall become effective when approved by vote...

Section 24 - (g) SEVERABILITY. If any part of this amendment, or the...

Section 25 - This amendment shall be effective on the date it is...

Section 26 - This amendment shall be effective on the date it is...

Section 27 - (d) EFFECTIVE DATE. This amendment shall become effective immediately upon...

Section 28 - c) The moneys deposited into the Land Acquisition Trust Fund,...

Section 29 - (f) SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this section are severable and...

Section 30 - (e) If any part of this section is held invalid...

Section 31 - (e) This section shall take effect on July 1, 2019.

Section 32 - The humane treatment of animals is a fundamental value of...

Article XI: "amendments"

Section 1 - Amendment of a section or revision of one or more...

Section 2 - (c) Each constitution revision commission shall convene at the call...

Section 3 - The power to propose the revision or amendment of any...

Section 4 - (b) At the next general election held more than ninety...

Section 5 - (e) Unless otherwise specifically provided for elsewhere in this constitution,...

Section 6 - (e) The commission shall hold public hearings as it deems...

Section 7 - Notwithstanding Article X, Section 12(d) of this constitution, no new...

Article XII: "schedule"

Section 1 - Articles I through IV, VII, and IX through XX of...

Section 2 - Tax millages authorized in counties, municipalities and special districts, on...

Section 3 - Every person holding office when this revision becomes effective shall...

Section 4 - The state superintendent of public instruction in office on the...

Section 5 - (b) The method of selection of the county superintendent of...

Section 6 - (b) All statutes which, under the Constitution of 1885, as...

Section 7 - (b) This revision shall not be retroactive so as to...

Section 8 - All bonds, revenue certificates, revenue bonds and tax anticipation certificates...

Section 9 - (e) DEBT LIMITATION. Bonds issued pursuant to this Section 9...

1note.--section 17 of art. IX of the constitution of 1885, as amended, reads as follows: - Article XII, Section 19, of the Constitution of 1885, as...

3note.--section 19 of art. XII of the constitution of 1885, as amended, reads as follows: - (e) No capital outlay project or any part thereof shall...

4note.--section 16 of art. IX of the constitution of 1885, as amended, reads as follows: - (d) Said board shall have the power to make and...

5note.--prior to its amendment by C.S. For h.J.R. 3576, 1972 (florida endangered lands and parks bonds, referendum 1 (1972)), subsection (D) read as follows: - (d) SCHOOL BONDS. Article XII, Section 18, of the Constitution...

6note.--section 18, art. XII of the constitution of 1885, as amended, reads as follows: - The State Board shall have power to appoint such persons...

1note.--see table in volume 6 of the florida statutes tracing various provisions of the constitution of 1885, as amended, into the florida statutes. - All provisions of Articles I through IV, VII and IX...

Section 11 - The legislature shall have power, by joint resolution, to delete...

Section 12 - The requirements of staggered terms of senators in Section 15(a),...

Section 13 - The requirements of legislative apportionment in Section 16 of Article...

Section 14 - The legislature at its first regular session following the ratification...

Section 15 - Ad valorem taxing power vested by law in special districts...

Section 16 - The requirement of Section 6, Article IV of this revision...

Section 17 - This schedule is designed to effect the orderly transition of...

Section 18 - Section 16 of Article VII, providing for bonds for housing...

Section 19 - B. The amendment to section 3 of Article VII, relating...

Section 20 - Section 24 of Article I, relating to access to public...

Section 21 - The amendment to Section 1 of Article VII limiting state...

Section 22 - The amendments to Sections 3 and 4 of Article VII...

Section 23 - (d) This amendment shall take effect July 1, 1999.

Section 24 - (b) In the event the secretary of state is removed...

Section 25 - (b) Unless otherwise provided herein, the amendment to Section 14...

Section 26 - The amendment to Section 6 of Article VII increasing the...

Section 27 - (b) The amendment to subsection (a) abrogating the scheduled repeal...

Section 28 - The amendment to Section 3 of Article VII requiring the...

Section 29 - (b) The amendment to Section 4 of Article VII authorizing...

Section 30 - The amendment to Section 4 of Article VII providing for...

Section 32 - The amendment to subsection (e) of Section 6 of Article...

Section 34 - This section, the amendment to subsection (e) of Section 3...

Section 35 - The amendment to Article X, which prohibits the racing of...