Sign the petition to Save our Seas, Beaches and Shores

http://www.sosbs.org/

Save our Seas, Beaches and Shores want the public to have the chance to vote on near-shore oil drilling and to ban the possibility of this destructive practice. Our state relies on clean beaches for our economic and environmental well-being. Oil drilling in our state marine waters, which extend approximately three miles into the Atlantic Ocean and 10 miles into the Gulf of Mexico, is simply too great a risk to take.

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Your Name

Please print name as it appears on your voter information card

: ___________________________________________________

Your Residential Street Address: ________________________________________________________

City ___________________________ Zip _________________ County _________________________

Voter Registration Number _______________________

or Date of Birth _________________________

I am a registered voter of Florida and hereby petition the Secretary of State to place the following

proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution on the ballot in the general election.

BALLOT TITLE: Prohibiting oil drilling in Florida waters seaward of Florida’s mean high tide line.

BALLOT SUMMARY: Prohibiting oil drilling for exploration or extraction in and beneath Florida waters

from the mean high tide line to the outermost boundaries of Florida’s territorial seas.

ARTICLE AND SECTION BEING CREATED OR AMENDED: Article II, Section 7

FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT:

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA THAT:

Article II, Section 7, is hereby amended to add the following subsection:

To protect the people of Florida and their environment, oil drilling for exploration or extraction is

prohibited in and beneath all Florida waters between the mean high tide line and the outermost

boundaries of the Florida territorial seas. This prohibition shall not apply to transportation of oil and gas

products produced outside of these waters. This provision is self

‐executing.

DATE OF SIGNATURE:_______________ X________________________________________

SIGNATURE OF REGISTERED VOTER

PLEASE RETURN TO: Save our Seas, PO Box 6686, Tallahassee, FL 32314

Paid petition circulator’s name and address (if applicable) ______________________________

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Pd.pol.adv. Save our Seas, Beaches and Shores, Inc., SERIAL NUMBER 10

PO Box 6686, Tallahassee, FL 32314 DATE APPROVED 8/18/2010‐01
Link to petition:
http://www.sosbs.org/Documents/PetitionFormSOSBS.pdf

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PETITION FORM