Associated Press
Gov. Rick Scott wants to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would make it harder for state legislators to raise taxes or fees.
The Republican governor will announce his proposal Monday. Scott, who is considering running for the U.S. Senate, wants the measure to go before voters in 2018.
If passed by 60 percent of voters, state legislators could not pass any future taxes or fees without a supermajority vote.
Scott has not yet exactly outlined what would be covered by the proposal or how large a supermajority would be needed.
Scott wants the Florida Legislature to place the amendment on the ballot. But the governor said he may also ask the Constitution Revision Commission to consider the proposal
One comment
Larry Gillis (Cape Coral)
August 14, 2017 at 7:11 am
DO-NOTHING GOVERNMENT: Well — even better than Scott’s proposal — how about a constitutional amendment that presumes government is to do NOTHING, unless it is clear that they should actually do something ? No more of the “solution-in-search-of-a-problem” we have now. My proposal for exactly such an amendment is pending before the CRC as we speak. See: http://www.flcrc.gov/Proposals/Public/700126
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