ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY RIGHTS AMENDMENTS PROVIDING COMPENSATION FOR RESTRICTING REAL PROPERTY USE MAY COVER MULTIPLE SUBJECTS.
ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE VOTER APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR NEW TAXES.
ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE PROPERTY RIGHTS.
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May 15, 1997.
Rehearing Denied October 6, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Louis F. Hubener, III, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Presentor.
Toby Prince Brigham and Amy Brigham Boulris of Brigham, Moore, Gaylord, Schuster, Merlin & Tobin, Miami, and Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, for Tax Cap Committee and David Biddulph; and L. Charles Hilton Jr. of Hilton, Hilton, Kolk, Penson, Roesch & Padgett, Panama City, for Amici Curiae, Interested Parties, Supporting the Petition.
Clay Henderson, Florida Audubon Society and National Audubon Society, Winter Park, Stephanie M. Gehres, General Counsel, David L. Jordan, Deputy General Counsel, and Tonya Chavis and Alfred O. Bragg, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Community Affairs, Tallahassee, James L. Bennett, Chief Assistant County Attorney, Pinellas County Florida, Clearwater, Florida, William J. Roberts, General Counsel, Tallahassee, and Robert L. Nabors, Sarah M. Bleakley and Virginia Saunders Delegal of Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A., Tallahassee, for Florida Association of Counties, Inc.; Jane C. Hayman, Deputy General Counsel, Florida League of Cities and Cari L. Roth of Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A., Tallahassee, for Florida Association of Special Districts; Thomas G. Pelham and David Russ of Apgar & Pelham, Tallahassee, for 1000 Friends of Florida, Inc., The American Planning Association, Florida Chapter, and Common Cause; Terrell P. Arline, Legal Director, 1000 Friends of Florida, Inc., Tallahassee, and Tatjana L. Martinez, Florida School Boards Association, Inc. And Florida Association of District School Superintendents, Tallahassee, Florida, Interested Parties, in Opposition to the "People's Property Rights Amendments" Petition; the "Voter Approval Required for New Taxes" Petition; and "Property Rights" Petition.
Supreme Court of Florida.
PER CURIAM.
The Attorney General has requested this Court to review three initiative petitions to amend the Florida Constitution. See art. IV, § 10, Fla. Const.; § 16.061, Fla. Stat. (1995). We have jurisdiction. Art V, § 3(b)(10), Fla. Const. In response to the Attorney General's request, we issued an order allowing interested parties to file briefs and heard oral arguments on the validity of the initiative petitions. Although we have consolidated...
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