Supreme Court of Florida

The requirement that a fiscal impact statement accompany all proposed revisions or amendments to the state constitution, under Laws of Florida Chapter 2002-390, is an unconstitutional imposition on the initiative process.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/13/2002
• Published 09/13/2002

Judges

• HARDING, Senior Justice.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• L. Clayton Roberts, General Counsel, and Heidi Hughes, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellants., Charles T. Canady, General Counsel, Carlos G. Muniz, Deputy General Counsel, and Simone Marstiller, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, FL, for Jeb Bush, Governor of the State of Florida, Amicus Curiae., Benjamin H. Hill, III, Lynn C. Hearn, and Mark J. Criser of Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, FL, for The Florida House of Representatives, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark Herron and Thomas M. Findley of Messer, Caparello & Self, P.A., Tallahassee, FL;  and Laurie Mathews of Hunton & Williams, Miami, FL, for Appellees.