Floridians Against Casino Takeover v. LET'S HELP FL

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• holding that an initiative permitting the operation of casinos in a portion of Florida which allocated resultant income from gambling taxation to general purposes of public education and law enforcement did not violate the single-subject provision of the Florida Constitution
• stating that the burden upon the opponent of an initiative proposal is to establish that the proposal is “clearly and conclusively defective” (quoting Weber v. Smathers, 338 So. 2d 819 (Fla. 1976); Goldner v. Adams, 167 So. 2d 575 (Fla. 1964))
• provision requiring that anticipated tax revenues be applied to education and law enforcement properly served to implement the single-subject of casino gambling in Dade and Broward counties
• provision requiring that anticipated tax revenues be applied to education and law enforcement properly served to implement the single-subject of casino gambling in Dade and Broward counties
• when a newly adopted amendment conflicts with preexisting constitutional provisions, the new amendment necessarily supersedes the previous provisions
• proposed amendment to authorize state-regulated, privately operated casino gambling in Dade and Broward Counties with tax revenues to be used for education and local law enforcement purposes

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