- Reference:
- Article X, Section 27
- Summary:
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- To protect people, especially youth, from addiction, disease, and other health hazards of using tobacco, the Legislature shall use some Tobacco Settlement money annually for a comprehensive statewide tobacco education and prevention program using Centers for Disease Control best practices. Specifies some program components, emphasizing youth, requiring one-third of total annual funding for advertising. Annual funding is 15% of 2005 Tobacco Settlement payments to Florida, adjusted annually for inflation. Provides definitions. Effective immediately.
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Financial Impact
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Financial Information
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Additional Information
- Sponsor:
- Signatures: **Verified Totals are UNOFFICIAL until the Initiative receives certification and a ballot number.
| Required for review by Attorney General:
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61,113
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| Required to have initiative on the ballot:
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611,009
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| ** Number currently valid:
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720,218 |
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(View By District by County)
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- Status: Passed
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| Approval Date: |
07/20/2005 |
| Undue Burden: |
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| Made Review: |
10/04/2005 |
| Attorney General: |
10/11/2005 |
| Sent to Supreme Court: |
10/20/2005 |
| Supreme Court Ruling: |
Constitutional
: Initiative petition and proposed title and summary meet the legal requirements of article XI, section 3 of the Florida Constitution, and section 101.161(1), F.S. (2005), and that the financial impact statement is in accordance with section 101.371(6), F.S. (2005).
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| SC Ruling Date: |
03/16/2006 |
| Made Ballot: |
01/24/2006 |
| Ballot Number: |
4 |
| Election
Date: | 11/07/2006 |
| Votes For: |
2,786,935 |
| Votes Against: |
178,723 |
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