CopyCited 10 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 19 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 662, 1994 Fla. LEXIS 1973, 1994 WL 708403
...tions. For instance, article III of the constitution contains a single-subject requirement for laws passed by the legislature, [1] and article XI imposes a single-subject requirement for constitutional amendments proposed by initiative petition. [2] Section
125.67, Florida Statutes (1991), applies the single-subject rule to county ordinances, [3] and section
166.041(2) places a single-subject requirement on municipal ordinances....
... The power to propose the revision or amendment of any portion or portions of this constitution by initiative is reserved to the people, provided that, any such revision or amendment shall embrace but one subject and matter directly connected there-with. [3] Section 125.67, Florida Statutes (1991), provides in relevant part: 125.67 Limitation on subject and matter embraced in ordinances; amendments; enacting clause....
CopyCited 7 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 1996 WL 607973
...ordinance to the electors of Dade County, Florida in accordance with Article 7, Section 7.01 of the Charter of Metropolitan Dade County. [5] We note that Abreau even more directly disposes of any argument that the single subject requirement found in section 125.67, Florida Statutes (1995), is applicable....
CopyCited 4 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1993 WL 383011
...he means of a fair ballot. Thus, under the general law and public policy of Florida, the single subject rule must also apply to proposed county charter amendments. Additionally, we find that article VIII, section 1(g) of the Florida Constitution and section 125.67, Florida Statutes (1991), provide authority for applying the single subject rule to ballot questions on county charter amendments. Under article VIII, section 1(g) of the Florida Constitution, charter counties have all of the powers of local self-government not inconsistent with general law, and under section 125.67 of the Florida Statutes in the chapter on county government, "[e]very ordinance shall embrace but one subject and matter properly connected therewith," and thus, these provisions create a constitutional and statutory basis for requirin...
...and municipal ordinances and resolutions. See Art. III, § 6, Fla. Const. (applying the single subject rule to legislative acts); Art. XI, § 3, Fla. Const. (applying the single subject rule to amendments by initiative to the Florida Constitution); § 125.67, Fla....
CopyCited 1 times | Published | District Court, S.D. Florida | 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8641, 2003 WL 22100039
...through different drafts. Rather, defendant complied with all notice and hearing requirements of §
125.66. [9] The court notes that the while Hallandale court dealt with Florida Statutes §
166.041, there is an exact correlation to the language of §
125.67, which prohibits "an ordinance from being enacted by reference to its title only." Plaintiffs have relied upon this language in their Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment at p....
CopyPublished | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1977 Fla. App. LEXIS 16744
...allot. The Coalition and Broward County have each appealed from the final judgment containing those rulings. Among other reasons the trial court gave for finding the proposed ordinance facially invalid was the failure of the ordinance to comply with Section 125.67, Florida Statutes (1975)....
CopyPublished | Supreme Court of Florida | 1980 Fla. LEXIS 4195
restates the provisions of the special act. Section
125.67, Florida Statutes (1977), which applies to
