CHARTER REVIEW COM'N v. SCOTT

No. 92-2645.

627 So.2d 520 (1993)

CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION OF ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, et al., Appellants, v. Ernie SCOTT, Richard T. Crotty, etc., Earl K. Wood, etc., Kevin Beary, etc. and Betty Carter, etc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Order Certifying Question on Rehearing December 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcia K. Lippincott, Orlando and Mel R. Martinez, Martinez & Dalton, P.A., Orlando, for appellant Charter Review Com'n of Orange County, FL.

Debra Steinberg Nelson and Alton G. Pitts, Orlando, for appellees Crotty, Scott and Wood.

William E. Powers, Jr., Phillip P. Quaschnick, and Staci Bienvenu, Powers, Quaschnick & Tischler, Tallahassee, for appellee Beary.

No appearance for appellee Carter.

A. Bryant Applegate, Asst. County Atty., Orange County Attys. Office, Orlando, for appellant Orange County Bd. of County Com'rs.


GOSHORN, Judge.

The issue in this appeal concerns the constitutionality of a ballot question proposing an amendment to the Orange County Charter. The trial court determined that the ballot question was unconstitutional. We affirm.

On November 4, 1986, a majority of the voters of Orange County, Florida approved a charter form of government pursuant to article VIII, section 1(c) of the Florida Constitution. Section 702 of the charter, as amended by the voters...

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