Constitution of Florida

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The Constitution of Florida is the foundational legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and limitations of Florida’s state government and guarantees rights to its residents.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal document
state constitution
amendmentProcess Taxation and Budget Reform Commission proposal
citizen initiative
constitutional convention
legislative proposal
appliesTo Florida
surface form: State of Florida
articleIIISubject Legislature
articleIISubject General Provisions
articleISubject Declaration of Rights
articleIVSubject Executive
articleIXSubject Education
articleVIIISubject Local Government
articleVIISubject Finance and Taxation
articleVISubject Suffrage and Elections
articleVSubject Judiciary
articleXIISubject Schedule
articleXISubject Amendments
articleXSubject Miscellaneous
bindingOn Florida courts
Florida local governments
Government of Florida
surface form: Florida state agencies
contains Declaration of Rights
amendments
articles
preamble
country United States of America
currentVersionAdopted 1968
defines limitations of Florida state government
powers of Florida state government
structure of Florida state government
establishes Government of Florida
surface form: Florida Cabinet

Florida Legislature
Florida Supreme Court
Governor of Florida
surface form: Office of the Governor of Florida

counties in Florida
executive branch of Florida
judicial branch of Florida
legislative branch of Florida
municipalities in Florida
governs Government of Florida
surface form: Florida state government
guarantees rights of Florida residents
hasArticle Article I
Article II
Article III
Article IV
Article IX
Article V
Article VI
Article VII
Article VIII
Article X
Article XI
Article XII
jurisdiction Florida
language English
legalStatus supreme law of Florida
modeledInPartOn United States Constitution
surface form: Constitution of the United States
previousConstitution Constitution of Florida self-linksurface differs
surface form: Florida Constitution of 1868

Constitution of Florida self-linksurface differs
surface form: Florida Constitution of 1885
protectsRight access to courts
due process
equal protection
freedom of religion
freedom of speech
right to bear arms
right to privacy
requires voter approval for constitutional amendments
subjectOf Florida constitutional law
supersedes statutory law of Florida
voterApprovalThreshold 60 percent

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Article VIII of the Florida Constitution partOf Constitution of Florida
this entity surface form: Constitution of the State of Florida
Article VII, Section 11 of the Florida Constitution locatedInDocument Constitution of Florida
this entity surface form: Florida Constitution
Article VII, Section 12 of the Florida Constitution partOf Constitution of Florida
this entity surface form: Constitution of the State of Florida
Article VII, Section 13 of the Florida Constitution locatedInDocument Constitution of Florida
this entity surface form: Florida Constitution
Florida public school system subjectTo Constitution of Florida
this entity surface form: Florida Constitution
First District Court of Appeal of Florida governedBy Constitution of Florida
this entity surface form: Florida Constitution
Columbia County government follows Constitution of Florida
this entity surface form: Florida Constitution
Florida Secretary of State for election administration legalBasis Constitution of Florida
this entity surface form: Florida Constitution
Daytona Beach municipal code subjectTo Constitution of Florida
this entity surface form: Florida Constitution