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FL S0004
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/29/2011
Primary Sponsor
Ellyn Bogdanoff
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AI Summary
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Urges Congress to call a constitutional convention under Article V to propose a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Specifies amendment requirements including prohibiting total federal outlays from exceeding receipts, setting annual outlay limits, and preventing tax increases without two-thirds congressional approval.
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Allows Congress to waive balanced budget requirements by two-thirds vote for non-war purposes and permits waivers during declared wars or military conflicts threatening national security.
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Supersedes and revokes all previous Florida memorials and concurrent resolutions on balanced budget amendments, including those from 1976, 1988, and 2010.
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Automatically nullifies and withdraws this resolution retroactively if used to support a constitutional convention for any purpose other than requiring a balanced federal budget.
Legislative Description
Balanced Federal Budget
Last Action
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
5/7/2011