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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title IV
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 15
SECRETARY OF STATE
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F.S. 15.21
15.21 Initiative petitions; s. 3, Art. XI, State Constitution.—
(1) The Secretary of State shall immediately submit an initiative petition to the Attorney General if the sponsor has:
(a) Registered as a political committee pursuant to s. 106.03;
(b) Submitted the ballot title, substance, and text of the proposed revision or amendment to the Secretary of State pursuant to ss. 100.371 and 101.161; and
(c) Obtained a letter from the Division of Elections confirming that the sponsor has submitted to the appropriate supervisors for verification, and the supervisors have verified, forms signed and dated equal to 25 percent of the number of electors statewide required by s. 3, Art. XI of the State Constitution in one-half of the congressional districts of the state.
(2) If the Secretary of State has submitted an initiative petition to the Attorney General pursuant to subsection (1) but the validity of the signatures for such initiative petition has expired pursuant to s. 100.371(11)(a) before securing ballot placement, the Secretary of State must promptly notify the Attorney General. The Secretary of State may resubmit the initiative petition to the Attorney General if the initiative petition is later circulated for placement on the ballot of a subsequent general election and the criteria under subsection (1) are satisfied.
History.—s. 1, ch. 87-363; s. 1, ch. 2002-390; s. 1, ch. 2004-33; s. 1, ch. 2020-15; s. 1, ch. 2022-73.

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Gustavo Bojorquez, etc. v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2025-06-05

Snippet: ferries, toll roads, and railroads. See, e.g., id. at 15-21. It is true that, depending on the terms of the

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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General Re: Raising Florida's Minimum Wage

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2020-01-09

Snippet: and meets certain technical requirements, see § 15.21, Fla. Stat. (2019), the Attorney General is constitutionally

Added to database: 2025-08-29 19:03:20

Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Referenda Required for Adoption

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2007-07-12

Citation: 963 So. 2d 210, 32 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 482, 2007 Fla. LEXIS 1225, 2007 WL 2002593

Snippet: which are prepared by the sponsor. §§ 101.161(2), 15.21(2), 100.371(2), Fla. Stat. (2006); Fla. Admin. Code

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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re: Independent Nonpartisan Commission to Apportion Legislative & Congressional Districts Which Replaces Apportionment By Legislature

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-03-23

Citation: 926 So. 2d 1218, 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 173, 2006 Fla. LEXIS 484

Snippet: as required by Florida law.5 Pursuant to section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2005), the Secretary of State

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Advisory Opinion Re Nonpartisa Com'n

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-03-23

Citation: 926 So. 2d 1218

Snippet: required by Florida law.[5] Pursuant to section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2005), the Secretary of State

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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Repeal of High Speed Rail Amendment

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-07-15

Citation: 880 So. 2d 624, 29 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 393, 2004 Fla. LEXIS 1006, 2004 WL 1574241

Snippet: hereby repealed in its entirety. Pursuant to section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2003), on June 2, 2004, the Florida

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Florida Senate v. Florida Ass'n of Realtors, Inc.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-09-20

Citation: 829 So. 2d 854, 27 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 804, 2002 Fla. LEXIS 1949, 2002 WL 31207223

Snippet: . See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. . See § 15.21, Fla. Stat. (2001) ("The Secretary of State shall

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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Limiting Cruel & Inhumane Confinement of Pigs During Pregnancy

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-01-17

Citation: 815 So. 2d 597, 27 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 71, 2002 Fla. LEXIS 29, 2002 WL 58560

Snippet: PER CURIAM. Pursuant to section 15.21, Florida Statutes (2001), the Secretary of State submitted to

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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Florida Locally Approved Gaming

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-06-08

Citation: 656 So. 2d 1259, 20 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 262, 1995 Fla. LEXIS 952, 1995 WL 337976

Snippet: advisory opinion from this Court under sections 15.21 and 16.061, Florida Statutes (1993),2 and arti-*1261ele

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Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re Casino Authorization, Taxation & Regulation

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1995-06-08

Citation: 656 So. 2d 466, 20 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 258, 1995 Fla. LEXIS 953

Snippet: from this Court under the authority of sections 15.21 and 16.061, Florida Statutes (1993). The ballot

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