Florida Responsibility for Paying Costs for Water Pollution Amendment (1996)
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Florida Amendment 5, also known as the Responsibility for Paying Costs for Water Pollution, was on the November 5, 1996 election ballot in Florida. It passed, with 68.1% of voters in favor.
It was on the 1996 ballot in Florida as an initiated constitutional amendment.
Four citizen-initiated amendments were on the 1996 ballot; they were respectively the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th citizen-initiated measures to appear on a Florida statewide ballot.
Text of the proposal
The language that appeared on the ballot:
The Constitution currently provides the authority for the abatement of water pollution. This proposal adds a provision to provide that those in the Everglades Agricultural Area who cause water pollution within the Everglades Protection Area or the Everglades Agricultural Area shall be primarily responsible for paying the costs of the abatement of that pollution.
