Florida Restructuring the State Cabinet Act (1998)
From Ballotpedia
Florida Amendment 8, also known as the Restructuring the State Cabinet Act, was on the November 3, 1998 election ballot in Florida. It passed, with 55.5% of voters in favor.
Amendment 8 was one of nine ballot measures placed on the 1998 Florida ballot by the Florida Constitution Revision Commission.
Text of the proposal
The language that appeared on the ballot:
Merges cabinet offices of treasurer and comptroller into one chief financial officer; reduces cabinet membership to chief financial officer, attorney general, agriculture commissioner; secretary of state and education commissioner eliminated from elected cabinet; secretary of state duties defined by law; changes composition of state board of education from governor and cabinet to board appointed by governor; board appoints education commissioner; defines state board of administration, trustees of internal improvement trust fund, land acquisition trust fund.
See also
External links
- Analysis of Amendment 8
- Florida ballot measure database
- Journals of the 1997-1998 Constitution Revision Commission
- November 3, 1998 constitutional amendment election results
