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Four Amendments OK'd for 2010 Ballot
Four amendments were certified by Secretary of State Kurt Browning on Monday for Florida's 2010 ballot, with the first three proposed by the Legislature and the fourth through a petition drive:
Amendment 1: Would repeal a constitutional provision that requires public financing of campaigns for governor and the three Cabinet positions for those candidates who agree to spending limits.
Amendment 2: Would require the Legislature to provide an additional homestead property tax exemption by law for military personnel including reservists and National Guard members deployed in the previous year outside the continental United States, Alaska or Hawaii in support of military operations designated by the Legislature.
Amendment 3: Would lower the cap on property tax assessment increases on businesses and other nonhomestead properties from 10 percent to 5 percent and require the Legislature to provide an additional homestead exemption for people who have not owned a principal residence during the preceding eight years.
Amendment 4: Would require voter approval of new city and county comprehensive plans or amendments to those plans.
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