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ADVISORY OPINION RE NONPARTISA COM'N

Nos. SC05-1754, SC05-1895.

926 So.2d 1218 (2006)

ADVISORY OPINION TO the ATTORNEY GENERAL RE: INDEPENDENT NONPARTISAN COMMISSION TO APPORTION LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS WHICH REPLACES APPORTIONMENT BY LEGISLATURE.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 23, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Joslyn Wilson, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Mark Herron and Robert John Telfer, III of Messer, Caparello and Self, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Committee for Fair Elections, Sponsor.

Miguel De Grandy and Stephen M. Cody of Miguel De Grandy, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, on behalf of Mario Diaz-Balart, Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen; Barry Richard and Glenn T. Burhans, Jr. of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Charlie Clary, Alfred Lawson, Jr. and Jim Sebesta; and J. Dudley Goodlette of Goodlette, Coleman and Johnson, P.A., Naples, FL, and George N. Meros, Jr. and Allen C. Winsor of GrayRobinson, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Allan G. Bense, for Opponents.

PER CURIAM.

The Attorney General has requested this Court to review a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution. We have jurisdiction. See art. IV, § 10, art. V, § 3(b)(10), Fla. Const. For the reasons explained below, we conclude that the proposed amendment does not meet the requirements of article XI, section 3 of the Florida Constitution1 and section 101.161 of the Florida Statutes2

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