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ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTY. GEN.

No. 84064.

656 So.2d 466 (1995)

ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL re Casino Authorization, Taxation and Regulation.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 8, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Louis F. Hubener, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for presentor.

M. Stephen Turner and Michael Manthei of Broad and Cassel, Tallahassee, for Proposition for County Choice Gaming, Inc., and Michael Levine, President, Proposition for County Choice Gaming, Inc., Tallahassee, supporters.

Stephen R. MacNamara, General Counsel, and Donald L. Bell, Sp. Counsel to Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin & McLeod, P.A., Tallahassee, for No Casinos, Inc.

Richard E. Doran, Asst. Deputy Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for Governor Lawton Chiles and The Florida Cabinet, in Opposition.

OVERTON, Justice.

The Attorney General has requested this Court to review a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution. We have jurisdiction. Art. IV, § 10; art. V, § 3(b)(10), Fla. Const. We find that the proposed ballot title and summary are misleading and, consequently, direct that the proposed amendment not be placed on the ballot.

I. FACTS

On July 25, 1994, the Attorney General of Florida petitioned this Court for an advisory opinion...

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