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FL S0004

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Engrossed

4/29/2011

Primary Sponsor

Ellyn Bogdanoff

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges Congress to call a constitutional convention under Article V to propose a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

  • Specifies amendment requirements including prohibiting total federal outlays from exceeding receipts, setting annual outlay limits, and preventing tax increases without two-thirds congressional approval.

  • 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.

  • Supersedes and revokes all previous Florida memorials and concurrent resolutions on balanced budget amendments, including those from 1976, 1988, and 2010.

  • 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Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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

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